Alcohol and folate intake and breast cancer risk in the WHI Observational Study

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 551-562

  Duffy, Christine M ^j   Assaf, Annlouise ^a   Cyr, Michele ^b   Burkholder, Gary ^c   Coccio, Elizabeth ^d   Rohan, Tom ^e   McTiernan, Anne ^f   Paskett, Electra ^g   Lane, Dorothy ^h   Chetty, V K ⁱ  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WALDEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

Alcohol; Breast cancer WHI; Folate; Folic acid

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN INTAKE; BREAST TUMOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 70349576212     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-008-0167-2     Document Type: Article

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