Selections from current literature: Abortion, breast cancer and causal inferences

Family Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 194-200

  Rahman, Mirza I ^a   Campbell, James W ^a   Dennis, Leslie K ^a   Gibson Shreve, Lada D ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW;

ABORTION, INDUCED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0030121959     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/13.2.194     Document Type: Article

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