Breastfeeding and ovarian cancer risk: A meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1020-1031

  Luan, Nan Nan ^a   Wu, Qi Jun ^b   Gong, Ting Ting ^a   Vogtmann, Emily ^c   Wang, Yong Lai ^a   Lin, Bei ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OVARY CARCINOMA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PUBLISHING; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST FEEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDLINE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884834604     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.062794     Document Type: Article

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