The relations of alcoholic beverage use to colon and rectal cancer

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 1007-1015

  Klatsky, Arthur L ^a   Armstrong, Mary Anne ^b   Friedman, Gary D ^b   Hiatt, Robert A ^b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholic beverages; Colonlc neoplasms; Probability; Rectal neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGE; COLON CANCER; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY;

AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; BEER; CALIFORNIA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WINE;

EID: 0023727568     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115045     Document Type: Article

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