Prospective assessment of breastfeeding and breast cancer incidence among 89 887 women

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Volumn 347, Issue 8999, 1996, Pages 431-436

  Michels, Karin B ^a   Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Rosner, Bernard A ^a   Manson, Joann E ^b   Hunter, David J ^a,b   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b   Hankinson, Susan E ^b   Speizer, Frank E ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030041275     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90010-0     Document Type: Article

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