Lactation and the risk of breast cancer in an Italian population

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-164

  Negri, Eva ^a,e   Braga, Claudia ^a   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,b   Levi, Fabio ^c   Talamini, Renato ^d   Franceschi, Silvia ^d  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^e Laboratory of Epidemiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER RISK; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ITALY; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LACTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029787543     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960717)67:2<161::AID-IJC1>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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