Maternal risk of breast cancer and birth characteristics of offspring by time since birth

Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 441-444

  Wohlfahrt, Jan ^a   Melbye, Mads ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Breast neoplasm; Denmark; Gender of offspring; Incidence; Multiple births; Population based

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032994549     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199907000-00017     Document Type: Article

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