Body Mass Index and Breast Cancer Risk According to Postmenopausal Estrogen-Progestin Use and Hormone Receptor Status

Epidemiologic Reviews - Tập 36 Số 1 - Trang 114-136 - 2014
Mark F. Munsell1, Brian L. Sprague2, Donald A. Berry3, Gary B. Chisholm4, Amy Trentham‐Dietz5
1Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval
2ER: estrogen receptor
3 MeSH, Medical Subject Headings
4PR: progesterone receptor
5 RR, risk ratio.

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