Nurses' Health Study: Log-incidence mathematical model of breast cancer incidence

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 359-364

  Rosner, Bernard ^a,b,c   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029991055     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/88.6.359     Document Type: Article

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