Left-handedness and risk of breast cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 686-687

  Fritschi, L ^a   Divitini, M ^b   Talbot Smith, A ^c   Knuiman, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c HEREFORD COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cohort; Fetal origins of disease; Left handedness

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34548297427     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603920     Document Type: Article

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