Alcohol consumption increases the risk of fatal breast cancer (United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 895-902

  Feigelson, Heather Spencer ^a   Calle, Eugenia E ^a   Robertson, Andrea S ^a   Wingo, Phyllis A ^b   Thun, Michael J ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Breast cancer; Mortality; Prospective studies

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035672276     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013737616987     Document Type: Article

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