Parity, age at first and last birth, and risk of breast cancer: A population-based study in Sweden

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 305-311

  Lambe, Mats ^a   Hsieh, Chung Cheng ^b,c   Chan, Hsiao Wei ^b   Ekbom, Anders ^a,b   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^b   Adami, Hans Olov ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at birth; Breast cancer; Epidemiology; Reproductive factors; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CELL; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0029960161     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01806150     Document Type: Article

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