Five year change in alcohol intake and risk of breast cancer and coronary heart disease among postmenopausal women: Prospective cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 353, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Dam, Marie K ^a   Hvidtfeldt, Ulla A ^b   Tjønneland, Anne ^c   Overvad, Kim ^d,e   Grønbæk, Morten ^a   Tolstrup, Janne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; BREAST TUMOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84969872464     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i2314     Document Type: Article

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