Association between breastfeeding and endometrial cancer risk: Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis

Nutrients

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 5697-5711

  Wang, Lianlian ^a   Li, Jingxi ^a   Shi, Zhan ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Dose response; Endometrial cancer; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; BREASTFEEDING DURATION; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICA; PARAMETERS; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84937407749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu7075248     Document Type: Review

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