Breast cancer risk among women with long-standing lactation and reproductive parameters at low risk level: A case-control study in Northern Tanzania

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 133-141

  Jordan, Irmgard ^a   Hebestreit, Antje ^b   Swai, Britta ^c   Krawinkel, Michael B ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

BMI; Breast cancer; Breastfeeding; Lactation; Lifestyle; Menarche; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MENARCHE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84888290796     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-010-1255-7     Document Type: Article

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