Trends in the incidence rate and risk factors for breast cancer in Japan

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-82

  Nagata, Chisato ^a   Kawakami, Norito ^a   Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Incidence; Japan; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MATERNAL AGE; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030928927     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005726110649     Document Type: Article

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