Alcohol and breast cancer in the Swiss Canton of Vaud

European Journal of Cancer Part A

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2108-2113

  Levi, F ^a   Pasche, C ^a   Lucchini, F ^a   La Vecchia, C ^b  

^a Registre Vaudois des Tumeurs   (Switzerland)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

alcohol; alcoholic beverages; breast cancer; case control studies; risk

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030297667     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(96)00229-8     Document Type: Article

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