Ages at different reproductive events, numbers of menstrual cycles in between and breast cancer risk

Oncology Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1039-1043

  Chie, Wei Chu ^a   Fu, Chun Mei ^a   Lee, Wen Chung ^a   Li, Chung Yi ^b   Huang, Chiun Sheng ^c   Chang, King Jen ^c   Lin, Ruey Shiung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Menstrual cycles; Reproductive risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PARITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030795981     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.4.5.1039     Document Type: Article

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