Cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption and risk of breast cancer in young women

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 832-837

  Adami, H O ^a   Lund, E ^b   Bergstrom R ^a   Meirik, O ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EUROPE; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; FERTILITY MEASUREMENTS; NEOPLASMS; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES; PARITY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK FACTORS; SCANDINAVIA; SMOKING; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0024214086     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1988.320     Document Type: Article

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