Alcohol intake, type of beverage, and risk of breast cancer in pre- and postmenopausal women

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1084-1090

  Petri, Anette Lykke ^a   Tjønneland, Anne ^b   Gamborg, Michael ^a,c   Johansen, Ditte ^a,c   Høidrup, Susanne ^a   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^a   Grønbæk, Morten ^a,c  

^a Copenhagen University Hospital ^*  (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Breast Cancer; Menopausal Status; Type of Alcohol

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; WINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 3242669973     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000130812.85638.E1     Document Type: Article

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