Alcohol and dietary folate intake and the risk of breast cancer: A case-control study in Japan

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 358-366

  Islam, Tania ^a,b   Ito, Hidemi ^a   Sueta, Aiko ^a   Hosono, Satoyo ^a   Hirose, Kaoru ^c   Watanabe, Miki ^a   Iwata, Hiroji ^a   Tajima, Kazuo ^a   Tanaka, Hideo ^a,b   Matsuo, Keitaro ^a,b  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c AICHI PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

alcohol; breast cancer; estrogen receptor; folate; human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; progesterone receptor

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FOLIC ACID; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RISK;

EID: 84878825285     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: 14735709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e32835b6a60     Document Type: Article

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