Risks of breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancers after twin births

Endocrine-Related Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 703-711

  Ji, Anguang ^a   Försti, Asta ^a,b   Sundquist, Jan ^a   Hemminki, Karl ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGLINEAR MODEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RISK FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 35948956748     PISSN: 13510088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/ERC-07-0088     Document Type: Article

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