Breast cancer survival and season of surgery: An ecological Open cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Teilum, Dorthe ^a   Bjerre, Karsten D ^b   Tjønneland, Anne M ^c   Kroman, Niels ^a  

^a Brystkirurgisk Klinik PBB   (Denmark)

^b Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGNOSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 84859074354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000358     Document Type: Article

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