Alcohol intake and colorectal cancer: A comparison of approaches for including repeated measures of alcohol consumption

Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 258-264

  Thygesen, Lau Caspar ^a,b   Wu, Kana ^a   Grønbæk, Morten ^b   Fuchs, Charles S ^c,d   Willett, Walter C ^a,c   Giovannucci, Edward ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPIDEMIOLOGIC MEASUREMENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39149123456     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31816339e0     Document Type: Article

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