Ethnic differences and factors related to breast cancer survival in Hawaii

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1151-1158

  Meng, Lixin ^a   Maskarinec, Gertraud ^a   Wilkens, Lynne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; DIET; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MENOPAUSE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHILIPPINES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031435330     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.6.1151     Document Type: Article

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