Induced Abortion and Risk for Breast Cancer: Reporting (Recall) Bias in a Dutch Case-Control Study
Background In general, no association has been found between spontaneous abortion (naturally occurring termination of a pregnancy) and the risk for breast cancer. With respect to induced abortion (termination of a pregnancy by artificial means), the results have been more inconclusive. A positive association was found in five studies, no association was found in six studies, and a negative association was found in the only cohort study. It is thought that part of the inconsistency of the reported results may be attributable to reporting (recall) bias, since all but two studies on induced abort... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | TEXT |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 1996 |
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Oxford University Press
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Schlagwörter: | REPORTS |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27024256 |
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Link(s) : | http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/88/23/1759 |