Association of tooth loss with liver cancer incidence and chronic liver disease mortality in a rural Chinese population.

BACKGROUND:Tooth loss has been reported to be associated with the risk of liver cancer in several prior studies in economically advantaged countries. Whether this relationship is also evident in economically disadvantaged populations is not known. METHODS:We analyzed data from the Nutrition Interven...

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Main Authors: Jake E Thistle, Baiyu Yang, Jessica L Petrick, Jin-Hu Fan, You-Lin Qiao, Christian C Abnet, Philip R Taylor, Katherine A McGlynn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6141082?pdf=render