Alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk among women under age 45 years

Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 231-237

  Swanson, Christine A ^a   Coates, Ralph J ^b   Malone, Kathleen E ^c   Gammon, Marilie D ^d   Schoenberg, Janet B ^e   Brogan, Donna J ^b   McAdams, Mary ^f   Potischman, Nancy ^a   Hoover, Robert N ^a   Brinton, Louise A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e Special Epidemiology Program   (United States)

^f INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

age; alcohol drinking; breast neoplasms; case control study

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030942998     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199705000-00001     Document Type: Article

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