Risk of breast cancer in prematurely born women

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 840-841

  Ekbom, Anders ^a,b   Erlandsson, Gunnar ^d   Hsieh, Chung Cheng ^c   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^d   Adami, Hans Olov ^a,b   Cnattingius, Sven ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034679077     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/92.10.840     Document Type: Article

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