Total visual blindness is protective against breast cancer

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1753-1756

  Flynn Evans, Erin E ^a,b   Stevens, Richard G ^c   Tabandeh, Homayoun ^d   Schernhammer, Eva S ^a   Lockley, Steven W ^a,e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d RETINA VITREOUS ASSOCIATES MEDICAL GROUP   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Breast cancer; Circadian; Light at night; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORK SCHEDULE;

BLINDNESS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70350614562     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-009-9405-0     Document Type: Article

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