Prenatal and perinatal risk factors for breast cancer in young women

Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-187

  Weiss, Helen A ^a   Potischman, Nancy A ^a   Brinton, Louise A ^a   Brogan, Donna ^b   Coates, Ralph J ^c   Gammon, Marilie D ^d   Malone, Kathleen E ^e   Schoenberg, Janet B ^f  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d New York State Psychiatric Institute   (United States)

^e Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^f Special Epidemiology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; breastfeeding; estrogen; prenatal; twins

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TWINS;

EID: 0031051653     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199703000-00010     Document Type: Article

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