A prospective study of oral contraceptive use and risk of breast cancer (Nurses' Health Study, United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-72

  Hankinson, Susan E ^a,b,c   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b   Manson, JoAnn E ^a   Willett, Walter C ^b   Hunter, David J ^a,b   Stampfer, Meir J ^b   Speizer, Frank E ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Oral contraceptives; United States; Women

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031057203     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018435205695     Document Type: Article

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