Menstrual risk factors and early-onset breast cancer

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 451-458

  Butler, Lesley M ^a   Potischman, Nancy A ^f   Newman, Beth ^b   Millikan, Robert C ^a   Brogan, Donna ^c   Gammon, Marilie D ^a   Swanson, Christine A ^d   Brinton, Louise A ^e  

^a IL   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Breast neoplasm; Menstruation; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0034094912     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008956524669     Document Type: Article

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