Female breast cancer and alcohol consumption: A review of the literature

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 3 SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  Scoccianti, Chiara ^a   Lauby Secretan, Béatrice ^a   Bello, Pierre Yves ^b   Chajes, Véronique ^a   Romieu, Isabelle ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b Addictions Bureau   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; BRCA2 GENE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; DETOXIFICATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXPOSURE; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MTHFR GENE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLISM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84893821963     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2013.10.031     Document Type: Article

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