With the use of data from the hospital-based epidemiologic research program at Aichi Cancer Center (HERPACC), the effect of body size on the risk of breast cancer was evaluated among Japanese women, who are generally leaner than white women. In total, 1,359 breast-cancer cases were included, and 24,
Being breastfed in infancy and adult breast cancer risk among Japanese women
β Scribed by Yuko Minami; Yoshikazu Nishino; Masaaki Kawai; Yoichiro Kakugawa
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 214 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0957-5243
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