Menstrual factors in relation to breast cancer risk

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 783-789

  Titus Ernstoff, Linda ^a   Longnecker, Matthew P ^b   Newcomb, Polly A ^c,d   Dain, Bradley ^e   Greenberg, E Robert ^a,f   Mittendorf, Robert ^g   Stampfer, Meir ^h   Willett, Walter ⁱ  

^a NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^e BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

^f DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^h BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HORMONES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031714991     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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