Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by TUYNS, A. J.
Right arrow Articles by MASSÉ, L. M. F.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by TUYNS, A. J.
Right arrow Articles by MASSÉ, L. M. F.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© 1973 Oxford University Press

other

Mortality from Cancer of the Oesophagus in Brittany

A. J. TUYNS1 and L. M. F. MASSÉ2

1 International Agency for Research on Cancer 150 cours Albert Thomas, 69008 Lyon, France
2 Professeur à l'Ecole Nationale de la Santé Publique, Avenue du Prof. Léon Bernard, 35 Rennes, France

A description is given of high mortality rates found in four départments in the West of France, ranging from 16 to 27 per 100,000 in males; in some localized areas, the rates are over 50 per 100,000. This observation is consistent with the alcoholic origin hypothesis and with previous data obtained for the whole of France


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.