Adverse life events and breast cancer

BMJ

Volumn 312, Issue 7034, 1996, Pages 845-

  Barraclough, Jennifer ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADRENAL GLAND; BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFE EVENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BREAST TUMOR; MENTAL STRESS; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0029877688     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7034.845     Document Type: Letter

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