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SUBMITTER: Lubin JH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3947123 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lubin Jay H JH De Stefani Eduardo E Abnet Christian C CC Acosta Gisele G Boffetta Paolo P Victora Cesar C Graubard Barry I BI Muñoz Nubia N Deneo-Pellegrini Hugo H Franceschi Silvia S Castellsagué Xavier X Ronco Alvaro L AL Dawsey Sanford M SM
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 20131015 1
<h4>Background</h4>Maté tea is a nonalcoholic infusion widely consumed in southern South America, and may increase risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and other cancers due to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and/or thermal injury.<h4>Methods</h4>We pooled two case-control studies: a 1988 to 2005 Uruguay study and a 1986 to 1992 multinational study in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, including 1,400 cases and 3,229 controls. We computed ORs and fitted a linear excess ...[more]