Breast size and breast cancer risk

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 337-342

  Tavani, A ^a   Pregnolato, A ^a   La Vecchia, C ^a,b   Negri, E ^a   Favero, A ^c   Franceschi, S ^c  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

breast neoplasms; breast size; case control studies; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST HYPERTROPHY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030458484     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008469-199610000-00005     Document Type: Article

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