Laterality of breast cancer in the United States

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 539-543

  Weiss, Helen A ^a   Devesa, Susan S ^a   Brinton, Louise A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Laterality; Risk factors; United States

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029817279     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00051887     Document Type: Article

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