Effects of birth order and maternal age on breast cancer risk: modification by whether women had been breast-fed

Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 417-423

  Nichols, Hazel B ^a   Trentham Dietz, Amy ^a,b   Sprague, Brian L ^a,b   Hampton, John M ^a   Titus Ernstoff, Linda ^c   Newcomb, Polly A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BIRTH ORDER; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 42149186938     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31816a1cff     Document Type: Article

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