Moderate Alcohol Consumption and Breast Cancer in Women: From Epidemiology to Mechanisms and Interventions

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-30

  Brooks, Philip J ^a   Zakhari, Samir ^a  

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

Author keywords

Alcohol metabolism; Breast cancer; Epidemiology; Mechanism

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; TUMOR PROMOTION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOGENS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 84871966581     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01888.x     Document Type: Article

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