Alcohol drinking and breast cancer risk: An evaluation based on a systematic review of epidemiologic evidence among the Japanese population

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 568-574

  Nagata, Chisato ^a   Mizoue, Tetsuya ^b   Tanaka, Keitaro ^c   Tsuji, Ichiro ^d   Wakai, Kenji ^e   Inoue, Manami ^f   Tsugane, Shoichiro ^f  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Breast cancer; Epidemiology; Japanese; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LIFESTYLE; MEDLINE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; REVIEW;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 44849108715     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hym062     Document Type: Review

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