Alcohol consumption and risk of colorectal cancer in a cohort of Finnish men

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 214-223

  Glynn, Simone A ^a   Albanes, Demetrius ^a   Pietinen, Pirjo ^b   Brown, Charles C ^a   Rautalahti, Matti ^b   Tangrea, Joseph A ^a   Taylor, Philip R ^a   Virtamo, Jarmo ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

alcohol; cohort studies; colorectal cancer; Finland; men

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BETA CAROTENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029993157     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00051297     Document Type: Article

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