Regularity and length of menstrual cycles in women aged 41-46 in relation to breast cancer risk: Results from the DOM-project

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 253-258

  Den Tonkelaar, I ^a   De Waard, F ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cycle length; Menstrual cycles; Regularity; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029868584     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01806143     Document Type: Article

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