Breast cancer in Australian women under the age of 40

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 189-198

  McCredie, Margaret R E ^a,b   Dite, Gillian S ^c   Giles, Graham G ^d   Hopper, John L ^c  

^a CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Australia; Breast cancer; Family history; Height; Oral contraceptives; Parity; Weight

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PEDIGREE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031947453     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008886328352     Document Type: Article

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