Breast cancer risk in mothers of twins

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1066-1068

  Murphy, M F G ^a   Broeders, M J M ^b   Carpenter, L M ^c   Gunnarskog, J ^d   Leon, D A ^e  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Parity; Twinning

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER STATISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030953016     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.181     Document Type: Article

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