- Abstract:
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In 1976, information on oral contraceptive (OC) use as well as numerous risk factors for breast cancer was provided by 121,964 married female registered nurses aged 30 to 55 years. Ninety-two percent of women in the cohort completed follow-up questionnaires, and vital records were systematically searched to ascertain deaths among nonrespondents. After four years of follow-up, 592 incident cases of breast cancer were identified. Compared with never users, the age-adjusted relative risk (RR) of...
Expand abstract - Publication status:
- Published
- Journal:
- JAMA
- Volume:
- 255
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 58-61
- Publication date:
- 1986-01-05
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1538-3598
- ISSN:
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0098-7484
- URN:
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uuid:8913c57f-f811-4f80-ab10-2f06d9b22c3c
- Source identifiers:
-
79904
- Local pid:
- pubs:79904
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Copyright date:
- 1986
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Oral contraceptives and breast cancer. A prospective cohort study.
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