Risk of breast cancer among white women following induced abortion

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 373-380

  Daling, Janet R ^a,b   Brinton, Louise A ^c   Voigt, Lynda F ^a,b   Weiss, Noel S ^a,b   Coates, Ralph J ^d   Malone, Kathleen E ^a,b   Schoenberg, Janet B ^e   Gammon, Marilie ^f  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

abortion, induced; breast neoplasms; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

EID: 0029765779     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008938     Document Type: Article

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