Peptic ulcer as mediator of the association between risk of gastric cancer and socioeconomic status, tobacco smoking, alcohol drinking and salt intake

Conclusions
Our study provides innovative information on the mechanism of stomach mucosal damage leading to PUD and GC, with respect to the effect of tobacco smoking in particular.

Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - September 9, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Collatuzzo, G., Alicandro, G., Bertuccio, P., Pelucchi, C., Bonzi, R., Palli, D., Ferraroni, M., Ye, W., Plymoth, A., Zaridze, D., Maximovich, D., Aragones, N., Castano-Vinyals, G., Vioque, J., Garcia de la Hera, M., Zhang, Z.-F., Hu, J., Lopez-Carrillo, Tags: Original research Source Type: research