Alcohol consumption and risk of breast cancer: A multicentre Italian case-control study

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1403-1409

  Ferraroni, M ^a   Decarli, A ^a,b   Franceschi, S ^d   La Vecchia, C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio   (Italy)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Breast cancer; Measurement error

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032145521     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(98)00163-4     Document Type: Article

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