Risk factors of breast cancer in Bahrain

Bahrain Medical Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Al Saad, Suhair ^a   Al Shinnawi, Hamdi ^a   Shamsi, Najla Mahmood ^b  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^b SALMANIYA MEDICAL COMPLEX   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIVERY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; NULLIPARA; ONSET AGE; OVARY CANCER; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOLID TUMOR;

EID: 67749127834     PISSN: 10128298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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