Lactation history and breast cancer risk

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 932-938

  Freudenheim, Jo L ^a   Marshall, James R ^b   Vena, John E ^c   Moysich, Kirsten B ^d   Muti, Paola ^a   Laughlin, Rosemary ^b   Nemoto, Takuma ^c   Graham, Saxon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Breast neoplasms; Lactation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; REVIEW;

EID: 0030735134     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009219     Document Type: Review

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