Risk factors of breast cancer in women in Kelantan, Malaysia

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 698-705

  Norsa'adah, Bachok ^a   Rusli, B N ^b   Imran, A K ^c   Naing, I ^b   Winn, T ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c General Hospital Kota Bharu   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer risk factors; Oestrogen exposure; Oral contraceptive

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; NULLIPARA; OBESITY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 28844456146     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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