Mastalgia and breast cancer: A protective association?

Cancer Detection and Prevention

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 192-196

  Khan, Seema A ^a   Vania Apkarian, A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Mastalgia; Protective association

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036910296     PISSN: 0361090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-090X(02)00065-X     Document Type: Article

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