Long-term alcohol intake and risk of endometrial cancer in the Nurses' Health Study, 1980-2010

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 186-194

  Je, Y ^a   Devivo, I ^b   Giovannucci, E ^b,c  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol intake; endometrial cancer risk; prospective study

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTERED NURSE; UNITED STATES; WINE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904091167     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2014.257     Document Type: Article

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