Ethnicity and variation in breast cancer incidence

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 349-355

  Brinton, Louise A ^a   Benichou, Jacques ^b   Gammon, Marilie D ^c   Brogan, Donna R ^d   Coates, Ralph ^e   Schoenberg, Janet B ^f  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^c School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030695113     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19971104)73:3<349::aid-ijc8>3.0.co;2-#     Document Type: Article

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