Alcohol and alcoholism : international journal of the Medical Council on Alcoholism
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Comparative Study
Secular trend in U.S. black-white disparities in selected alcohol-related cancer incidence rates.
To examine secular trends in incidence rates for the cancer types most strongly associated with alcohol in African Americans (blacks) and whites. ⋯ Further declines in black-white disparities in cancer rates may occur (allowing for lag times), but the larger disparities for oesophageal cancer support the need to explore etiologic factors interacting with alcohol that continue to differ in prevalence between blacks and whites.