Is educational level associated with breast cancer risk in Iranian women?

Breast Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-70

  Hajian Tilaki, Karimollah ^a   Kaveh Ahangar, Tina ^a   Hajian Tilaki, Erfaneh ^b  

^a BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Educational level; Parity; Reproductive factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84859794330     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12282-011-0273-6     Document Type: Article

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