Case-controlled study of the epidemiological risk factors for breast cancer in Nigeria

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 665-668

  Adebamowo, C A ^a   Adekunle, O O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NIGERIA; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIOLOGY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CASE CONTROL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; NEOPLASMS; NIGERIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STUDIES; WESTERN AFRICA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIRTH ORDER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NIGERIA; PARITY; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY;

EID: 0033029764     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1999.01117.x     Document Type: Article

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