Risk factors of breast cancer among women in eastern india: A tertiary hospital based case control study

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 4979-4981

  Das, Soumen ^a   Sen, Santanu ^b   Mukherjee, Anindya ^b   Chakraborty, Debadatta ^b   Mondal, Pankaj Kumar ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Age of 1st child birth; Breast cancer; Breast feeding; India; Menarche; Menopause; Multiparity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874010684     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.10.4979     Document Type: Article

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