Geographic variation in breast cancer incidence rates in a cohort of u.S. Women

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 89, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 1373-1378

  Laden, Francine ^a,b   Spiegelman, Donna ^b   Neas, Lucas M ^a,b   Colditz, Graham A ^a,c   Hankinson, Susan E ^a,b   Manson, JoAnn E ^a   Byrne, Celia ^a   Rosner, Bernard A ^a,b   Speizer, Frank E ^a,b   Hunter, David J ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030870772     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/89.18.1373     Document Type: Article

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