Prospective study of alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk in Japanese women

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 779-783

  Lin, Yingsong ^a   Kikuchi, Shogo ^a   Tamakoshi, Koji ^b   Wakai, Kenji ^c   Kondo, Takaaki ^d   Niwa, Yoshimizu ^b   Yatsuya, Hiroshi ^e   Nishio, Kazuko ^f   Suzuki, Sadao ^e   Tokudome, Shinkan ^e   Yamamoto, Akio ^f   Toyoshima, Hideaki ^b   Tamakoshi, Akiko ^b  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^f Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Breast cancer; Cohort study; Japan

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP2E1; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 23244452909     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20980     Document Type: Article

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