Alcohol consumption and risk of breast cancer: A review of the epidemiologic evidence

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 133-144

  Rosenberg, Lynn ^a   Metzger, Linda S ^b   Palmer, Julie R ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Air Pollution Control Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMAN; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027275113     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a036097     Document Type: Review

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