Open AccessUse of baseline and updated information on alcohol intake on risk for breast cancer: importance of latency
Author(s) -
Lau Caspar Thygesen,
Lina Steinrud Mørch,
Niels Keiding,
Christoffer Johansen,
Morten Grønbæk
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyn060
Subject(s) - breast cancer , medicine , alcohol intake , alcohol , prospective cohort study , cancer , cohort study , oncology , physiology , biochemistry , chemistry
Alcohol intake has been shown to be associated with an increased risk for breast cancer. In the analysis of longitudinal prospective cohort studies, however, the analysis of repeated measurements of alcohol intake might not be straightforward.
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