TY - JOUR AU - Assi, Nada AU - Rinaldi, Sabina AU - Viallon, Vivian AU - Dashti, S Ghazaleh AU - Dossus, Laure AU - Fournier, Agnes AU - Cervenka, Iris AU - Kvaskoff, Marina AU - Turzanski-Fortner, Renee AU - Bergmann, Manuela AU - Boeing, Heiner AU - Panico, Salvatore AU - Ricceri, Fulvio AU - Palli, Domenico AU - Tumino, Rosario AU - Grioni, Sara AU - Sanchez-Perez, Maria-Jose AU - Chirlaque, María-Dolores AU - Bonet, Catalina AU - Barricarte Gurrea, Aurelio AU - Amiano Etxezarreta, Pilar AU - Merino, Susana AU - Bueno de Mesquita, H Bas AU - van Gils, Carla H AU - Onland-Moret, Charlotte AU - Tjønneland, Anne AU - Overvad, Kim AU - Trichopoulou, Antonia AU - Martimianaki, Georgia AU - Karakatsani, Anna AU - Key, Tim AU - Christakoudi, Sofia AU - Ellingjord-Dale, Merete AU - Tsilidis, Kostas AU - Riboli, Elio AU - Kaaks, Rudolf AU - Gunter, Marc J AU - Ferrari, Pietro PY - 2019 DO - 10.1002/ijc.32324 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10668/13807 T2 - International journal of cancer AB - Alcohol consumption is associated with higher risk of breast cancer (BC); however, the biological mechanisms underlying this association are not fully elucidated, particularly the extent to which this relationship is mediated by sex hormone levels.... LA - en PB - John Wiley & Sons, Inc. KW - EPIC KW - alcohol KW - breast cancer KW - hormonal signature KW - mediation analysis KW - sex steroids KW - Aged KW - Alcohol Drinking KW - Breast Neoplasms KW - Case-Control Studies KW - Estradiol KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Incidence KW - Middle Aged KW - Postmenopause KW - Prospective Studies KW - Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin KW - Testosterone TI - Mediation analysis of the alcohol-postmenopausal breast cancer relationship by sex hormones in the EPIC cohort. TY - research article VL - 146 ER -