The negative association between pre-eclampsia and breast cancer risk may depend on the offspring's gender

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1436-1438

  Vatten, L J ^a   Forman, M R ^b   Nilsen, T I L ^a   Barrett, J C ^c   Romundstad, P R ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Epidemiology; Offspring's gender; Pre eclampsia

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; NORWAY; PARITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; NORWAY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 34247641798     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603688     Document Type: Article

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