Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 3 , Pages 799-805, March 2009

The Association Between Alcohol and Reflux Esophagitis, Barrett's Esophagus, and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

  • Lesley A. Anderson

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Public Health, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Lesley A. Anderson, PhD, Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research Group, Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Mulhouse Building, Grosvenor Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT12 6BJ. fax: (44) 0 28 9024 8017
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  • Marie M. Cantwell

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Public Health, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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  • R.G. Peter Watson

      Affiliations

    • Royal Group of Hospitals, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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  • Brian T. Johnston

      Affiliations

    • Royal Group of Hospitals, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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  • Seamus J. Murphy

      Affiliations

    • Daisy Hill Hospital, Newry, Northern Ireland
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  • Heather R. Ferguson

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Public Health, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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  • Jim McGuigan

      Affiliations

    • Royal Group of Hospitals, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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  • Harry Comber

      Affiliations

    • National Cancer Registry, Cork, Ireland
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  • John V. Reynolds

      Affiliations

    • St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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  • Liam J. Murray

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Public Health, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Received 22 August 2008; accepted 2 December 2008. published online 05 December 2008.

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    •  This article has an accompanying continuing medical education activity on page 1104. Learning Objective—At the end of this activity, the successful learner should be able to identify the strengths and limitations of case-control studies in examining risk factors for reflux esophagitis and to interpret the findings of a case-control study.

     Conflict of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

     Funding Supported by an Ireland-Northern Ireland Co-operation Research Project Grant sponsored by the Northern Ireland Research & Development Office, by the Health Research Board, Ireland, and by the Ulster Cancer Foundation.

    PII: S0016-5085(08)02180-X

    doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2008.12.005

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    • Continuing Medical Education Exam 1, March 2009 , 23 January 2009

      Michael B. Wallace
      Gastroenterology March 2009 (Vol. 136, Issue 3, Pages 1104-1105)

    Gastroenterology
    Volume 136, Issue 3 , Pages 799-805, March 2009