Alcohol drinking, consumption patterns and breast cancer among Danish nurses: A cohort study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 624-629

  Mørch, Lina S ^a   Johansen, Ditte ^a   Thygesen, Lau C ^a   Tjønneland, Anne ^b   Løkkegaard, Ellen ^a   Stahlberg, Claudia ^a   Grønbæk, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Breast cancer; Drinking pattern

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 37249052337     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckm036     Document Type: Article

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