Null association between pregnancy termination and breast cancer in a registry-based study of parous women

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 443-448

  Lash, Timothy L ^a,b,c   Fink, Aliza K ^a,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasm etiology; Induced abortion; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORD; PARITY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES;

EID: 2442621213     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20136     Document Type: Article

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