Menstrual cycle characteristics and history of ovulatory infertility in relation to breast cancer risk in a large cohort of US women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 636-643

  Garland, Miriam ^a   Hunter, David J ^a,b,c   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b,c   Manson, JoAnn E ^a,b,d   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,b   Spiegelman, Donna ^a   Speizer, Frank ^b   Willett, Walter C ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HARVARD CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Infertility, female; Menstrual cycle; Menstruation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NURSE; OVULATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032054544     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009504     Document Type: Article

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