Parity and breastfeeding are protective against breast cancer in Nigerian women

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 992-996

  Huo, D ^a   Adebamowo, C A ^b   Ogundiran, T O ^b   Akang, E E ^c   Campbell, O ^c   Adenipekun, A ^c   Cummings, S ^a   Fackenthal, J ^a   Ademuyiwa, F ^a   Ahsan, H ^a   Olopade, O I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

African; Breast cancer; Case control study; Lactation; Reproductive history

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; NIGERIA; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 40349113352     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604275     Document Type: Article

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