Diabetes mellitus and risk of breast cancer: A meta-analysis

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 856-862

  Larsson, Susanna C ^a   Mantzoros, Christos S ^b   Wolk, Alicja ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diabetes; Epidemiology; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34547127614     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22717     Document Type: Article

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