Oral contraceptive use and breast cancer risk in areas with different incidence: A case-control study among young women

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 784, Issue , 1996, Pages 564-569

  Traina, A ^a   Cusimano, R ^b   Liquori, M ^c   Calabria, C ^a   Biglia, N ^d   Ponzone, R ^d   Sgro L ^d   Sismondi, P ^d  

^a Ospedale Oncologico M Ascoli   (Italy)

^b Public Health Laboratory   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MENARCHE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY;

EID: 0029989065     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb16281.x     Document Type: Article

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