Hypothesis: does breast cancer originate in utero?

The Lancet

Volumn 335, Issue 8695, 1990, Pages 939-940

  Trichopoulos, D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UTERUS;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIET; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0025214007     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(90)91000-Z     Document Type: Article

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