Role and impact of menstrual and reproductive factors on breast cancer risk in Japan

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 116-123

  Iwasaki, Motoki ^a   Otani, Tetsuya ^a   Inoue, Manami ^a   Sasazuki, Shizuka ^a   Tsugane, Shoichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Hormone receptor; Menstrual factors; Prospective study; Reproductive factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; NULLIPARA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846999030     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.cej.0000228410.14095.2d     Document Type: Article

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