Oral contraceptive use at a young age and the risk of breast cancer: An Icelandic, population-based cohort study of the effect of birth year

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 139-143

  Tryggvadottir L ^a   Tulinius, H ^b,c   Gudmundsdottir G B ^a  

^a ICELANDIC CANCER SOCIETY   (Iceland)

^b ICELANDIC CANCER REGISTRY   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasm; Contraceptives; Oral; Women

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031021966     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.23     Document Type: Article

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