Alcohol exposure in utero and breast cancer risk later in life

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 276-277

  Stevens, R G ^a,b   Hilakivi Clarke, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; 7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; ALCOHOL; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; TESTOSTERONE;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER RISK; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEEDING; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LETTER; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; PREMENOPAUSE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ESTRADIOL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELATONIN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034992927     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/36.3.276     Document Type: Letter

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