Deodorant use and breast cancer risk

Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 172-

  Hardefeldt, Prue J ^a   Edirimanne, Senarath ^a   Eslick, Guy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; DEODORANT AGENT;

AXILLA; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LETTER; MEDLINE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION;

ANTIPERSPIRANTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEODORANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 84871810294     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3182781684     Document Type: Letter

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