Family history and the risk of breast cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 800-809

  Pharoah, Paul D P ^a,b   Day, Nicholas E ^a   Duffy, Stephen ^a   Easton, Douglas F ^a   Ponder, Bruce A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDLINE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030914999     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970529)71:5<800::AID-IJC18>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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