Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: the problem, incidence, etiology. A working hypothesis
- 2 Biology of the esophagus
- 3 Esophageal carcinogenesis
- 4 Epidemiology
- 5 Chemicals carcinogenic for the esophagus: the nitrosamines
- 6 Alcoholic beverages and tobacco
- 7 Plant products: phenolics, tannins, tea
- 8 Plant products: opium, silica, bracken, dihydrosafrole
- 9 Molds and mycotoxins
- 10 Dietary deficiencies: micronutrients, fresh plant food and protective factors
- 11 Possible mechanisms involved in carcinogenesis
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: the problem, incidence, etiology. A working hypothesis
- 2 Biology of the esophagus
- 3 Esophageal carcinogenesis
- 4 Epidemiology
- 5 Chemicals carcinogenic for the esophagus: the nitrosamines
- 6 Alcoholic beverages and tobacco
- 7 Plant products: phenolics, tannins, tea
- 8 Plant products: opium, silica, bracken, dihydrosafrole
- 9 Molds and mycotoxins
- 10 Dietary deficiencies: micronutrients, fresh plant food and protective factors
- 11 Possible mechanisms involved in carcinogenesis
- Index
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- Cancer of the EsophagusApproaches to the Etiology, pp. vii - xPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1993