Antibiotic exposure and breast cancer in New Zealand

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-167

  Didham, Rebecca C ^a   Reith, David M ^a   McConnell, Doug W ^a   Harrison, Ken S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Breast cancer risk; Nested case control study; Penicillin

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; DICLOXACILLIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BREAST CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CARCINOMA; NEW ZEALAND; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TUMOR; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEW ZEALAND; PENICILLINS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 21644438808     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-005-2115-8     Document Type: Article

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