Abortions and breast cancer: Record-based case-control study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 676-679

  Erlandsson, Gunnar ^a   Montgomery, Scott M ^b   Cnattingius, Sven ^a   Ekbom, Anders ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Case control studies; Induced abortion; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDUCED ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0037455823     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10877     Document Type: Article

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