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Caffeine, alcohol, smoking, and the risk of incident epithelial ovarian cancer

  1. Shelley S. Tworoger PhD1,2,†,*,
  2. Dorota M. Gertig MBBS, ScD3,4,
  3. Margaret A. Gates ScD1,2,
  4. Jonathan L. Hecht MD, PhD5,
  5. Susan E. Hankinson ScD1,2

Article first published online: 22 JAN 2008

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23275

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 112, Issue 5, pages 1169–1177, March 2008

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Tworoger, S. S., Gertig, D. M., Gates, M. A., Hecht, J. L. and Hankinson, S. E. (2008), Caffeine, alcohol, smoking, and the risk of incident epithelial ovarian cancer. Cancer, 112: 1169–1177. doi: 10.1002/cncr.23275

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  1. 1

    Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

  2. 2

    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts

  3. 3

    Victorian Cytology Service, Carlton South, Victoria, Australia

  4. 4

    Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytical Epidemiology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  5. 5

    Department of Pathology, Beth-Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

  1. †

    Fax: (617) 525-2008

*Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 181 Longwood Avenue, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02115

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 19 FEB 2008
  2. Article first published online: 22 JAN 2008
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 1 OCT 2007
  4. Manuscript Revised: 13 SEP 2007
  5. Manuscript Received: 5 JUL 2007

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  • National Institutes of Health. Grant Numbers: P01 CA87969, CA105009, CA50385, P50 CA105009

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