Risk factors for breast cancer

BMJ

Volumn 322, Issue 7282, 2001, Pages 365-

  Johnson, Kenneth C ^a   Dixon, J M ^b   Steel, C M ^c  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND;

BREAST CANCER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LETTER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; TOBACCO;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 85007720751     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.322.7282.365     Document Type: Letter

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