Reproductive factors and breast cancer risk according to joint estrogen and progesterone receptor status: A meta-analysis of epidemiological studies

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Ma, Huiyan ^a   Bernstein, Leslie ^a   Pike, Malcolm C ^a   Ursin, Giske ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER RISK; CHILDBIRTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MENARCHE; PARITY; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33747109070     PISSN: 1465542X     EISSN: 1465542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bcr1525     Document Type: Article

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