Open AccessAssociation between Cutaneous Nevi and Breast Cancer in the Nurses' Health Study: A Prospective Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Mingfeng Zhang,
Xuehong Zhang,
Abrar A. Qureshi,
A. Heather Eliassen,
Susan E. Hankinson,
Jiali Han
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
plos medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.847
H-Index - 228
eISSN - 1549-1676
pISSN - 1549-1277
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001659
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , hazard ratio , confidence interval , prospective cohort study , nurses' health study , cancer , oncology , dermatology , relative risk , gynecology
Using data from the Nurses' Health Study, Jiali Han and colleagues examine the association between number of cutaneous nevi and the risk for breast cancer. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary
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