Birth season and breast cancer risk in Japan

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 315-319

  Hu, Yao Hua ^a   Kuroishi, Tetsuo ^b   Matsushita, Yoko ^a   Nagata, Chisato ^a   Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Japan; Month of birth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0029781654     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01806159     Document Type: Article

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