Oral contraceptives and breast cancer risk in Taiwan, a country of low incidence of breast cancer and low use of oral contraceptives

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 219-223

  Chie, Wei Chu ^a   Li, Chung Yi ^b   Huang, Chiun Sheng ^c   Chang, King Jen ^c   Yen, Men Luh ^c   Lin, Ruey Shiung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

ASIA; BIOLOGY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CASE CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS--SIDE EFFECTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN ASIA; FAMILY PLANNING; NEOPLASMS; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES--SIDE EFFECTS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS--WOMEN; STUDIES; TAIWAN; WOMEN;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031861731     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19980717)77:2<219::AID-IJC9>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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