Sex of first child and breast cancer survival: A population-based study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1515-1518

  Thalib, Lukman ^a   Hall, Per ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer survival; Epidemiology; Gender of first child; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33644517873     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21519     Document Type: Article

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