Association between risk of breast cancer and fertility factors - A latent variable approach

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 309-312

  Pourhoseingholi, Mohamad Amin ^a   Mehrabi, Yadolah ^a   Alavi Majd, Hamid ^b   Yavari, Parvin ^b   Safaee, Azadeh ^a  

^a Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Disease   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Fertility factors; Latent variables

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LIVE BIRTH; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIVE BIRTH; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 59849120414     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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