A case-control study of lactation and cancer of the breast

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 814-818

  Katsouyanni, K ^a,b   Lipworth, L ^b,d   Trichopoulou, A ^c   Samoli, E ^a   Stuver, S ^b   Trichopoulos, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lactation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029965402     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1996.143     Document Type: Article

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