Case-control study of risk factors for breast cancer in Nigerian women: A pilot study

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-19

  Okobia, M N ^a   Bunker, C H ^b   Lee, L L ^b   Osime, U ^a   Uche, E E O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PARITY; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIRTH ORDER; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PARITY; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 26944445474     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v82i1.9288     Document Type: Article

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