Trends in esophageal cancer mortality among US blacks and whites
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11036219 |
|---|---|
| Authors | W J Blot, Joseph F Fraumeni |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 296-298 |
| Publication date | 1987-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.77.3.296 |
| PMID | 3812833 |
| OpenAlex | W2011771150 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
National age-adjusted rates of mortality from esophageal cancer have increased among Blacks in the United States, while remaining nearly unchanged among Whites. By 1980, esophageal cancer had become one of the leading causes of cancer death among Blacks, with the excess among males under age 55 exceeding six-fold. Inferences about the causes of esophageal cancer cannot be made from this descriptive survey, but the rising trend raises etiologic hypotheses about environmental exposures (e.g., alcohol, tobacco, nutrition) that may differentially affect Blacks
Affect (linguistics) · Cancer · Environmental health · Esophageal cancer · Mortality rate · Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects · Demography · Epidemiology · Global Cancer Incidence and Screening · Health disparities and outcomes · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1989 - 1991 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |