Induced abortion and the risk of breast cancer.

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Published in N Engl J Med on January 09, 1997

Authors

M Melbye1, J Wohlfahrt, J H Olsen, M Frisch, T Westergaard, K Helweg-Larsen, P K Andersen

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology Research, Danish Epidemiology Science Center, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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