Breast cancer risk in relation to abortion: Results from the EPIC study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1741-1745

  Reeves, Gillian K ^a   Kan, Sau Wan ^a   Key, Tim ^a   Tjønneland, Anne ^b   Olsen, Anja ^b   Overvad, Kim ^c   Peeters, Petra H ^d   Clavel Chapelon, Françoise ^e   Paoletti, Xavier ^e   Berrino, Franco ^f   Krogh, Vittorio ^f   Palli, Domenico ^g   Tumino, Rosario ^h   Panico, Salvatore ⁱ   Vineis, Paulo ^j   Gonzalez, Carlos A ^k   Ardanaz, Eva ^l   Martinez, Carmen ^m   Amiano, Pilar ⁿ   Quiros, José R ^o   Tormo, Maria R ^p   Khaw, Kav Tee ^q   Trichopoulou, Antonia ^r   Psaltopoulou, Theodora ^r   Kalapothaki, Victoria ^r   Nagel, Gabriele ^s   Chang Claude, Jenny ^s   Boeing, Heiner ^t   Lahmann, Petra H ^t   Wirfält, Elisabet ^u   Kaaks, Rudolf ^v   Riboli, Elio ^v   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^g CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^h CIVILE M P AREZZO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^k CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^l INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE NAVARRA   (Spain)

^m ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

ⁿ Basque Government   (Spain)

^o Public Health and Health Planning Directorate   (Spain)

^p DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Spain)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^s GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^t GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^u LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^v INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

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Author keywords

Breast cancer; Induced abortion; Prospective data; Recall bias; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 33747479473     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22001     Document Type: Article

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