Vasomotor menopausal symptoms are not associated with incidence of breast cancer in a population-based cohort of mid-aged women

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 824-830

  Johanneke Van Den Berg, M ^a,b   Mishra, Gita D ^a   Van Der Schouw, Yvonne T ^b   Herber Gast, Gerrie Cor M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Epidemiology; Vasomotor menopausal symptoms

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; VASOMOTOR MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; INCIDENCE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; SWEATING; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 84894043352     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2013.11.033     Document Type: Article

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