Alcohol consumption and endometrial cancer risk: The Multiethnic Cohort

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 634-638

  Setiawan, Veronica Wendy ^a   Monroe, Kristine R ^a   Goodman, Marc T ^b   Kolonel, Laurence N ^b   Pike, Malcolm C ^a   Henderson, Brian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol intake; Cohort studies; Endometrial cancer; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349088660     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23072     Document Type: Article

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