Induced abortion and the risk of breast cancer

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 336, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 81-85

  Melbye, Mads ^a   Wohlfahrt, Jan ^a   Olsen, Jørgen H ^b   Frisch, Morten ^a   Westergaard, Tine ^a   Helweg Larsen, Karin ^c   Andersen, Per Kragh ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b Danish Cancer Registry   (Denmark)

^c Sundhedsstyrelsen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ABORTION, INDUCED; BIOLOGY; BREAST CANCER--DETERMINANTS; CANCER; DENMARK; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EUROPE; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCONCEPTION; NEOPLASMS; NORTHERN EUROPE; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SCANDINAVIA;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031024619     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199701093360201     Document Type: Article

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