Alcohol as a risk factor for cancer: Existing evidence in a global perspective

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-9

  Roswall, Nina ^a,b   Weiderpass, Elisabete ^b,c,d,e  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^d CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Incidence; Mortality; Neoplasms; Population Attributable Fraction Copyright; Review

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; BINGE DRINKING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LIVER CANCER; MOUTH CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84961291424     PISSN: 19758375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.14.052     Document Type: Review

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