Alcohol drinking may increase risk of breast cancer in men: A European population-based case-control study

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 571-580

  Guénel, Pascal ^a   Cyr, Diane ^a   Sabroe, Svend ^b   Lynge, Elsebeth ^c   Merletti, Franco ^d   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^e   Baumgardt Elms, Cornelia ^f   Ménégoz, François ^g   Olsson, Håkan ^h   Paulsen, Stein ⁱ   Simonato, Lorenzo ^j   Wingren, Gun ^k  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^f Hamburg Cancer Registry   (Germany)

^g Sweden ^*  (France)

^h LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ Aalborg   (Denmark)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^k LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

alcohol drinking; breast neoplasms; case control studies; male; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE BREAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 4043084177     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CACO.0000036154.18162.43     Document Type: Article

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