Intrauterine environment and breast cancer risk in a population-based case-control study in Poland

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2136-2141

  Park, Sue Kyung ^a,b   Garcia Closas, Montserrat ^a   Lissowska, Jolanta ^a,c   Sherman, Mark E ^a   McGlynn, Katherine A ^a   Pepońska, Beata ^a,d   Bardin Mikoajczak, Alicja ^c   Zatoński, Witold ^c   Szeszenia Da̧browska, Neonila ^d   Brinton, Louise A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^d NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Hormones; In utero exposures; Perinatal factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL CARE; POLAND; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; UTERUS;

ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWINS; UTERUS;

EID: 33748850359     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21974     Document Type: Article

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