Intake of alcohol and alcoholic beverages and the risk of basal cell carcinoma of the skin

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1119-1122

  Fung, Teresa T ^a   Hunter, David J ^a,b,c   Spiegelman, Donna ^a   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b,c   Rimm, Eric B ^a   Willett, Walter C ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; MULTIVITAMIN; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BEER; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN INTAKE; WALKING; WINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOLAR SYSTEM; WINE;

EID: 0036800656     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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