Risk factors for breast cancer: A reanalysis of two case-control studies from 1926 and 1931

Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 566-572

  Press, David J ^a   Pharoah, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; AGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LACTATION; MARRIAGE; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953959971     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181e08eb3     Document Type: Article

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