Case-control study of oral contraceptive use and risk of breast cancer

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-37

  Rosenberg, Lynn ^a   Palmer, Julie R ^a   Sowmya Rao, R ^a   Zauber, Ann G ^b   Strom, Brian L ^c   Warshauer, M Ellen ^d   Harlap, Susan ^b   Shapiro, Samuel ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

breast neoplasms; contraceptives, oral; women

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030070095     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008654     Document Type: Article

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