Is antibiotic use a risk factor for breast cancer? A meta-analysis

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1101-1107

  Sergentanis, Theodoros N ^a   Zagouri, Flora ^a   Zografos, George C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Breast cancer; Meta analysis; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; PUBLICATION BIAS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78049289947     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1986     Document Type: Article

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