It is unclear whether age at menarche is causally involved in breast-cancer aetiology, or serves a correlate of other earlylife exposures. Other aspects of reproductive life, including cycle length and regularity, climacteric symptoms, reproductive history and oral contraceptive use, are also incomp
Reproductive factors in the aetiology of breast cancer
β Scribed by Brinton, L A; Hoover, R; Fraumeni, J F
- Book ID
- 109835412
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 935 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-0920
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