Alcohol consumption in relation to plasma sex hormones, prolactin, and sex hormone-binding globulin in premenopausal women

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2943-2953

  Hirko, Kelly A ^a,b   Spiegelman, Donna ^b   Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Hankinson, Susan E ^a,b,c   Eliassen, A Heather ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; ESTRONE SULFATE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; PREMENOPAUSE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN;

EID: 84919330730     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: 15387755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-0982     Document Type: Article

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