Interaction between alcohol dehydrogenase II gene, alcohol consumption, and risk for breast cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 519-523

  Sturmer T ^a,b   Wang Gohrke, S ^b   Arndt, V ^a,b   Boeing, H ^c   Kong, X ^b   Kreienberg, R ^b   Brenner, H ^a,b  

^a GERMAN CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON AGEING   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c German Institute for Human Nutrition Potsdam Rehbruecke   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Alcohol dehydrogenase II gene (ADH2); Breast cancer; Epidemiology; Gene environment interaction

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ETHANOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK;

EID: 0037183688     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600500     Document Type: Article

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