Impact of menstrual and reproductive factors on breast cancer risk in Tunisia: A case-control study

Medical Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Msolly, Awatef ^a   Gharbi, Olfa ^a   Ben Ahmed, Slim ^a  

^a FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Case control study; Reproductive factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TUNISIA;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; TUNISIA;

EID: 84873353565     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: 1559131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12032-013-0480-4     Document Type: Article

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