Benzodiazepines and Risk for Breast Cancer

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 632-636

  Halapy, Erika ^a   Kreiger, Nancy ^a   Cotterchio, Michelle ^a   Sloan, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Breast Cancer; Case Control Study

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; DIAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33746375010     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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