No excess risk of colorectal cancer among alcoholics followed for up to 25 years

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1044-1046

  Ye, W ^a   Romelsjo A ^b,c   Augustsson, K ^a   Adami, H O ^a,d   Nyren O ^a  

^a Box 281 ^*  (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d HARVARD CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcoholism; Colorectal cancers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 0038707384     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600846     Document Type: Article

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