Light or moderate drinking is linked to alcohol related cancers, including breast cancer: Another good reason to think before you drink

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 351, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Rehm, J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; EDITORIAL; EUROPEAN; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NEOPLASMS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84942645763     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h4400     Document Type: Editorial

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