Serum sex hormone levels are related to breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 105, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1997, Pages 583-585

  Dorgan, Joanne F ^a   Longcope, Christopher ^b   Stephenson Jr , Hugh E ^c   Falk, Roni T ^a   Miller, Rosetta ^c   Franz, Charlene ^b   Kahle, Lisa ^d   Campbell, William S ^a   Tangrea, Joseph A ^a   Schatzkin, Arthur ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Breast neoplasms; Epidemiology; Estrogens

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030962129     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.97105s3583     Document Type: Conference Paper

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