Reduced risk of endometrial cancer from alcohol drinking in Japanese

Cancer Science

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1195-1201

  Hosono, Satoyo ^a   Matsuo, Keitaro ^a   Kajiyama, Hiroaki ^a   Hirose, Kaoru ^a   Suzuki, Takeshi ^a   Hiraki, Akio ^a   Kawase, Takakazu ^a   Kidokoro, Kumiko ^a   Nakanishi, Toru ^a   Hamajima, Nobuyuki ^a   Kikkawa, Fumitaka ^a   Tajima, Kazuo ^a   Tanaka, Hideo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SELF REPORT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 43549092680     PISSN: 13479032     EISSN: 13497006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2008.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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