Family history, age, and risk of breast cancer: Prospective data from the nurses' health study

JAMA

Volumn 270, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 338-343

  Colditz, Graham A ^a,b,c   Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Hunter, David J ^a,b   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,b   Manson, JoAnn E ^a   Hennekens, Charles H ^a   Rosner, Bernard A ^a,b   Speizer, Frank E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER FAMILY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0027177195     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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