Family history, age, and risk of breast cancer. Prospective data from the Nurses' Health Study.

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Published in JAMA on July 21, 1993

Authors

G A Colditz1, W C Willett, D J Hunter, M J Stampfer, J E Manson, C H Hennekens, B A Rosner

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.

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