Folate intake, alcohol and risk of breast cancer among postmenopausal women in Denmark

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 280-286

  Tjønneland, Anne ^a   Christensen, J ^a   Olsen, A ^a   Stripp, C ^a   Nissen, S B ^a   Overvad, K ^b   Thomsen, B L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Breast neoplasms; Cohort study; Folate

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG ALCOHOL INTERACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 33645377946     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602313     Document Type: Article

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