Breast arterial calcifications: Association with diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular mortality: Work in progress

Radiology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-78

  Kemmeren, Jeanet M ^a   Beijerinck, David ^b   Van Noord, Paul A H ^a   Banga, Jan Dirk ^c   Deurenberg, Jan J M ^b   Pameijer, Frank A ^c   Van Der Graaf, Yolanda ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Preventicon   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arteries, calcification; Breast, calcification; Diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029836090     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.201.1.8816524     Document Type: Article

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