Increased cancer risk among Swedish female alcoholics

Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 140-143

  Sigvardsson, Sören ^a   Hardell, Lennart ^b   Przybeck, Thomas R ^c   Cloninger, Robert ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol drinking; cancer risks; cohort study; women

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; MOUTH CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; TONGUE CANCER; TONSIL CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0030025363     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199603000-00006     Document Type: Article

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