Menstrual and reproductive factors and risk of breast cancer in Asian-Americans

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 680-686

  Wu, A H ^a   Ziegler, R G ^b   Pike, M C ^a   Nomura, A M Y ^c   West, D W ^d   Kolonel, L N ^c   Horn Ross, P L ^d   Rosenthal, J F ^e   Hoover, R N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Breast cancer; Menstrual factor; Migrants; Reproductive factor; US born

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0030046914     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1996.118     Document Type: Article

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