Age at any full-term pregnancy and breast cancer risk

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 151, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 715-722

  Chie, Wei Chu ^a,b   Hsieh, Chung Cheng ^b,c,l   Newcomb, Polly A ^d,e   Longnecker, Matthew P ^f   Mittendorf, Robert ^g   Greenberg, E Robert ^h   Clapp, Richard W ⁱ   Burke, Kenneth P ^j,k   Titus Ernstoff, Linda ^h   Trentham Dietz, Amy ^e   MacMahon, Brian ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^h DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^j FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^k Maine Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

^l UMass Cancer Research Center   (United States)

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Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Reproductive history; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CELL; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 18344405136     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010266     Document Type: Article

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