Alcohol, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: Treat with caution

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 282-283

  Lauer, Michael S ^a   Sorlie, Paul ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; RESVERATROL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 62349103372     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djp006     Document Type: Editorial

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