Pregnancy termination in relation to risk of breast cancer

JAMA

Volumn 275, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 283-287

  Newcomb, Polly A ^a,b   Storer, Barry E ^a,b   Longnecker, Matthew P ^c,h   Mittendorf, Robert ^d   Greenberg, E Robert ^e   Willett, Walter C ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLEGAL ABORTION; INDUCED ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 0030040302     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.275.4.283     Document Type: Article

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