Tubal sterilization and breast cancer incidence: Results from the cancer prevention study II nutrition cohort and meta-analysis

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 492-499

  Gaudet, Mia M ^a   Patel, Alpa V ^a   Sun, Juzhong ^a   Teras, Lauren R ^a   Gapstur, Susan M ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

breast neoplasms; case control studies; cohort studies; meta analysis; tubal sterilization

Indexed keywords

CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; META-ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVENTION STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERINE TUBE STERILIZATION;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; STERILIZATION, TUBAL; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874902357     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws441     Document Type: Article

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