Age of mother and grandmother in relation to a subject's breast cancer risk

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1400-1404

  De Haan, M C ^a,b   Michels, K B ^b,c   Peeters, Phm ^a   Van Noord, Pah ^a   Hennekam, Fam ^a   Van Der Schouw, Y T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer risk; Grandmatemal age; Maternal age; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; GRANDPARENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MILK; MOTHER; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77957876846     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605639     Document Type: Article

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