Breast cancer and lifestyle risks among Chinese women in the Klang Valley in 2001

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 226-232

  Hejar, A R ^a   Chong, F B ^a   Rosnan, H ^a   Zailina, Hashim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Case control study; Lactation; Lifestyle; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 16644385601     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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