The marginal causal effect of opium consumption on the upper gastrointestinal cancer death using parametric g-formula: An analysis of 49,946 cases in the Golestan Cohort Study, Iran.

Upper gastrointestinal (UGI) cancer, including esophageal and gastric, is one of the most common cancers in the world. Hence, the determination of risk factors of UGI helps to reduce the economic and social burden of this cancer in communities. In Iran, the consumption of opium because of its neighb...

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Main Authors: Neda Mohammadi, Masoomeh Alimohammadian, Akbar Feizesani, Hossein Poustchi, Ahad Alizadeh, Mehdi Yaseri, Mohammad Ali Mansournia, Alireza Sadjadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246004