Alcohol: A recently identified risk factor for breast cancer

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 168, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1147-1148

  Aronson, Kristan ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; NOTE;

EID: 0038076484     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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