Maternal pregnancy hormone levels in an area with a high incidence (Boston, USA) and in an area with a low incidence (Shanghai, China) of breast cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-12

  Lipworth, L ^a,b,h   Hsieh, C C ^a,c   Wide, L ^d   Ekbom, A ^a,b   Yu, S Z ^e   Yu, G P ^e   Xu, B ^e   Hellerstein, S ^f   Carlstrom, K ^g   Trichopoulos, D ^a   Adami, H O ^a,b  

^a HARVARD CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Epidemiology; Pregnancy steroids

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL BLOOD; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032889261     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690003     Document Type: Article

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