The association between lactation and breast cancer in an international case-control study: A re-analysis by menopausal status

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 166-169

  Stuver, Sherri O ^a   Hsieh, Chung Cheng ^a   Bertone, Elizabeth ^a   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PREMENOPAUSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0030967079     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970410)71:2<166::AID-IJC7>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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