Alcohol, smoking, passive smoking and caffeine in relation to breast cancer risk in young women

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 112-119

  Smith, S J ^a   Deacon, J M ^b   Chilvers, C E D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAFFEINE; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HABIT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RECORD; PASSIVE SMOKING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAFFEINE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0028235025     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1994.258     Document Type: Article

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