A case-control study was conducted involving 145 patients with breast cancer and 144 controls. A pansigmoidoscopy was performed in each case and control. There was no statistically significant difference in the length of the colon explored (cases, 50.3 cm, controls, 48.9). The odds ratio for adenoma
A case-control study of lactation and cancer of the breast
β Scribed by Katsouyanni, K; Lipworth, L; Trichopoulou, A; Samoli, E; Stuver, S; Trichopoulos, D
- Book ID
- 109837226
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 968 KB
- Volume
- 73
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-0920
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