Alcohol and breast cancer: Review of epidemiologic and experimental evidence and potential mechanisms

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 286, Issue 17, 2001, Pages 2143-2151

  Singletary, Keith W ^a   Gapstur, Susan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; FOLIC ACID; HORMONE; HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DAMAGE; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION;

EID: 0035824180     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.286.17.2143     Document Type: Review

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