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This paper examines changes with time in age-adjusted mortality from esophageal cancer for the years 1950–1981, in relation to changes in smoking habits and alcohol consumption. In both sexes the age-adjusted death rates have shown no marked time variation. Instead in the same period there have been marked temporal variations in consumption of alcohol and tobacco which are considered risk factors associated with esophageal cancer.

This paper studies prostate cancer mortality in Italy from 1950–1979 to evaluate its importance in relation to total cancers, examine the time trend for forecasting future mortality trends, and makes an attempt to interpretate mortality by analyzing demographic and risk factors.

Fructose-1,6-diphosphate (FDP) exerts a significant protective action towards Candida albicans infections in rabbits.