Alcohol drinking and colorectal cancer risk: An evaluation based on a systematic review of epidemiologic evidence among the Japanese population

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 582-597

  Mizoue, Tetsuya ^a   Tanaka, Keitaro ^b   Tsuji, Ichiro ^c   Wakai, Kenji ^d   Nagata, Chisato ^e   Otani, Tetsuya ^f   Inoue, Manami ^f   Shizuka, Sasazuki ^g   Motoki, Iwasaki ^g   Taichi, Shimazu ^h   Tsugane, Shoichiro ^g   Yoshitaka, Tsubono ^f  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Colorectal cancer; Epidemiology; Japanese; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; DATA ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDLINE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RECTUM CANCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33750136088     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyl069     Document Type: Article

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