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- Title
Alcohol consumption as a major risk factor for the rise in liver cancer mortality rates in Japanese men.
- Authors
Makimoto, K; Higuchi, S
- Abstract
Age-adjusted liver cancer mortality rates have been increasing for both men and women in Japan since 1970; however, increases in mortality rates in men are much greater than those in women. Hepatitis C virus infections and heavy alcohol consumption are considered to be the major risk factors of liver cancer deaths in Japanese. The purpose of this study is (1) to examine the pattern of liver cancer mortality by gender and birth year to compare those with the pattern of other alcohol-related mortality and (2) to estimate the attributable risk per cent of heavy alcohol consumption for liver cancer deaths in Japanese men.
- Publication
International journal of epidemiology, 1999, Vol 28, Issue 1, p30
- ISSN
0300-5771
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/ije/28.1.30