Exposure to breast milk in infancy and adult breast cancer risk

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 921-924

  Titus Ernstoff, Linda ^a,e   Egan, Kathleen M ^b   Newcomb, Polly A ^c,d   Baron, John A ^a   Stampfer, Meir ^b   Greenberg, E Robert ^a   Cole, Bernard F ^a   Ding, Jiao ^a   Willett, Walter ^b   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^e NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR ONCOVIRUS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032540702     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/90.12.921     Document Type: Article

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