Risk factors, lifetime risk, and age at onset of breast cancer

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 375-382

  Fraser, Gary E ^a   Shavlik, David ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at Diagnosis; Body Mass Index; Breast Cancer; Cohort Study; Lifetime Risk; Risk Factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE TABLES; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0030845388     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(97)00042-2     Document Type: Article

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