Alcohol drinking cessation and the risk of laryngeal and pharyngeal cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Summary, in English

To evaluate the effect of alcohol cessation on the risk of developing laryngeal and pharyngeal cancers, combining available evidence in the scientific literature in a meta-analysis.

• Author: Aliasghar Ahmad Kiadaliri; Johan Jarl; Georgios Gavriilidis; Ulf Gerdtham
• Department/s: Health Economics; Social Medicine and Global Health; Department of Economics; EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
• Publishing year: 2013
• Language: English
• Publication/Series: PLoS ONE
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 3
• Full text: - 502 kB; Download statistics
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23469267?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058158
• Document type: Journal article review
• Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Topic: Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy; Environmental Health and Occupational Health
• Status: Published
• Research group: Health Economics; Social Medicine and Global Health
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1932-6203