Risk factors for breast cancer

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1983, Pages 35-45

  Helmrich, Susan P ^a   Shapiro, Samuel ^a   Rosenberg, Lynn ^a   Kaufman, David W ^a   Slone, Dennis ^a   Bain, Christopher ^b   Miettinen, Olli S ^c   Stolley, Paul D ^d   Rosenshein, Neil B ^e   Knapp, Robert C ^f   Leavitt, Thomas ^f   Schottenfeld, David ^g   Engle, Ralph L ^h   Levy, Micha ⁱ  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^h WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁱ HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Parity; Risk

Indexed keywords

AGE; BREAST; BREAST CARCINOMA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; OBESITY; PARITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; RISK;

EID: 0020694482     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113513     Document Type: Article

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