Use of baseline and updated information on alcohol intake on risk for breast cancer: Importance of latency

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 669-677

  Thygesen, Lau Caspar ^a   Mørch, Lina Steinrud ^a   Keiding, Niels ^b   Johansen, Christoffer ^c   Grønbæk, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Breast neoplasm; Cohort study longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; KOBENHAVN [DENMARK]; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 44949090355     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn060     Document Type: Article

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