Alcohol use and prostate cancer in U.S. whites: No association in a confirmatory study

Prostate

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 250-255

  Lumey, L H ^a,b   Pittman, B ^a   Wynder, E L ^a  

^a AMERICAN HEALTH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b Med Hlth Res Assoc New York C   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Case control studies; Dose response; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031812935     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0045(19980901)36:4<250::AID-PROS6>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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