Re: Melatonin and breast cancer: A prospective study [4]

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 888-889

  Hrushesky, William J M ^a   Blask, David E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BASSETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; MELATONIN;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMOR GROWTH; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY EXCRETION; ANIMAL; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; LIGHT; LIVER TUMOR; NOTE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK FACTOR; TIME; URINE;

ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MELATONIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2942550967     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djh175     Document Type: Letter

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