Calculation of population attributable risk for alcohol and breast cancer (United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-123

  Tseng, Marilyn ^a   Weinberg, Clarice R ^a   Umbach, David M ^a   Longnecker, Matthew P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Breast neoplasms; Population attributable risk

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032904562     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008853115901     Document Type: Article

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