Oral contraceptive use and risk of breast cancer in middle-aged women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-164

  Rossing, Mary Anne ^a   Stanford, Janet L ^a   Weiss, Noel S ^a   Habel, Laurel A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

breast neoplasms; contraceptives, oral

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030037649     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008903     Document Type: Article

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