Cohort study on the association between alcohol consumption and the risk of olorectal cancer in the korean elderly

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-29

  Lim, Hoi Jeong ^a   Park, Joo Byung ^b  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Colorectal neoplasms; Korea Elderly Pharmacoepidemiologic Cohort (KEPEC); Proportional hazards models

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 41649094215     PISSN: 19758375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.2008.41.1.23     Document Type: Article

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