A case-control study of oral contraceptive use and breast cancer.
Among 989 cases of breast cancer and 9,890 controls selected from a cohort of married, female registered nurses aged 30-55 years, the relative risk (RR) of breast cancer for women who had ever used oral contraceptives (OC) compared with those who had never used them was 1.0, with 95% confidence limi...
Main Authors: | Hennekens, C, Speizer, F, Lipnick, R, Rosner, B, Bain, C, Belanger, C, Stampfer, M, Willett, W, Peto, R |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
1984
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