The role of reproductive factors and use of oral contraceptives in the aetiology of breast cancer in women aged 50 to 74 years

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 231-236

  Magnusson, Cecilia M ^a   Persson, Ingemar R ^a   Baron, John A ^a,b   Ekbom, Anders ^a   Bergström, Reinhold ^a,c   Adami, Hans Olov ^a,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d HARVARD CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER RISK; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HORMONAL CARCINOGENESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOLOGY; BREAST CANCER--ETIOLOGY; CANCER; CASE CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH; NEOPLASMS; NORTHERN EUROPE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS--WOMEN; SCANDINAVIA; STUDIES; SWEDEN; WOMEN;

AGED; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; ODDS RATIO; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033579797     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990118)80:2<231::AID-IJC11>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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