Higher alcohol intake may modify the association between mammographic density and breast cancer: An analysis of three case-control studies

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 458-460

  Conroy, Shannon M ^c   Koga, Karin ^a   Woolcott, Christy G ^b   Dahl, Timothy ^g   Byrne, Celia ^d   Nagata, Chisato ^e   Ursin, Giske ^f   Yaffe, Martin J ^h   Vachon, Celine M ^g   Maskarinec, Gertraud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^h Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Breast cancer; Case control study; Mammographic density; Pooling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; CELL COUNT; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; JAPAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MINNESOTA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84865866141     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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