Human breast cancer and sexual activities [1]

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 508-509

  Akil, N ^a   Kassab, A ^b   Yasmeen, A ^b   Darnel, A D ^b,c   Bismar, T A ^b,c   Al Moustafa, A E ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALEPPO   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WART VIRUS;

AGE FACTORS; ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS 16; HUMANS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 38549105685     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604103     Document Type: Letter

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