Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	18431
Country	India

Received	2015-04-21 09:36
Peer-Review Started	2015-04-21 16:10
To Make the First Decision	2015-06-19 17:37
Return for Revision	2015-06-24 14:32
Revised	2015-07-13 15:07
Second Decision	2015-08-19 15:17
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2015-09-02 15:09
Articles in Press	2015-09-02 15:09
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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Prospective Study
Article Title	Gastric cancer risk in relation to tobacco use and alcohol drinking in Kerala, India - Karunagappally cohort study
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	Padmavathy Amma Jayalekshmi, Soroush Hassani, Athira Nandakumar, Chihaya Koriyama, Paul Sebastian and Suminori Akiba
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India Health Research Foundation, Japan Scientific Research on Priority Areas of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan 12218231 Scientific Research on Priority Areas of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan 1701503
Corresponding Author	Dr. Padmavathy Amma Jayalekshmi, Natural Background Radiation Cancer Registry, Karunagappally, Kerala 690536, India. jayalekshminbrr@gmail.com
Key Words	Bidi smoking; Alcohol drinking; Gastric cancer; The Karunagappally cohort; Kerala; India
Core Tip	In South Asia, bidi smoking is a popular form of tobacco smoking. A bidi is 0.15-0.25 g of sun-dried tobacco flakes hand-wrapped in a temburni leaf. Bidi smoking has been shown to cause various cancers, such as cancers of the lung and oral cavity, by several epidemiological studies including the Karunagappally cohort study, one of the most important cohort studies in South Asia. However, only a few studies have examined the relation between bidi smoking and gastric cancer (GC) risk. Our results indicated that GC risk increased with the number and duration of bidi smoking. To our knowledge, the present study is the first cohort study to show an association between bidi smoking and GC risk.
Publish Date	2015-11-27 14:01
Citation	Jayalekshmi PA, Hassani S, Nandakumar A, Koriyama C, Sebastian P, Akiba S. Gastric cancer risk in relation to tobacco use and alcohol drinking in Kerala, India - Karunagappally cohort study. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(44): 12676-12685
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i44/12676.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i44.12676

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