Antiperspirant use as a risk factor for breast cancer in Iraq

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 478-482

  Fakri, S ^a   Al Azzawi, A ^a   Al Tawil, N ^a  

^a Al Nahrain University College of Medicine   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPERSPIRANT AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ANTIPERSPIRANTS; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; IRAQ; PEDIGREE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 33749488190     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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