Smoking before the first pregnancy and the risk of breast cancer: A meta-analysis

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 390-402

  Deroo, Lisa A ^a,b   Cummings, Peter ^b   Mueller, Beth A ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; pregnancy; smoking

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH RISK; META-ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOBACCO; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; META ANALYSIS; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RISK; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 80051501188     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr090     Document Type: Article

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