Prospective study of alcohol consumption quantity and frequency and cancer-specific mortality in the us population

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 174, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1044-1053

  Breslow, Rosalind A ^a   Chen, Chiung M ^b   Graubard, Barry I ^c   Mukamal, Kenneth J ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^b CSR INCORPORATED   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol drinking; cohort studies; diet; food habits; mortality; neoplasms; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; DRINKING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054905987     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr210     Document Type: Review

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