Alcohol dehydrogenase 1B (ADH1B) genotype, alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk by age 50 years in a German case-control study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2039-2041

  Lilla, C ^a   Koehler, T ^b   Kropp, S ^a   Wang Gohrke, S ^b   Chang Claude, J ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol dehydrogenase; Breast cancer; Gene environment interaction; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE IB B; GENE PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADH1B GENE; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALLELISM; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 21244474687     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602608     Document Type: Article

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