Moderate alcohol intake and cancer incidence in women

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 296-305

  Allen, Naomi E ^a   Beral, Valerie ^a   Casabonne, Delphine ^a   Kan, Sau Wan ^a   Reeves, Gillian K ^a   Brown, Anna ^a   Green, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LARYNX CANCER; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PHARYNX; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SMOKING; THYROID CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WINE;

EID: 62349114240     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djn514     Document Type: Article

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