Lactation and risk of endometrial cancer in Japan: A case-control study

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 109-115

  Okamura, Chikako ^a   Tsubono, Yoshitaka ^b   Ito, Kiyoshi ^a   Niikura, Hitoshi ^a   Takano, Tadao ^a   Nagase, Satoru ^a   Yoshinaga, Kohsuke ^a   Terada, Yukihiro ^a   Murakami, Takashi ^a   Sato, Shinji ^c   Aoki, Daisuke ^d   Jobo, Toshiko ^e   Okamura, Kunihiro ^a   Yaegashi, Nobuo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SS Ladies Clinic   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Case control study; Endometrial cancer; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; JAPAN; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRACEPTION; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; JAPAN; LACTATION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 31744444756     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.208.109     Document Type: Article

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