Serum cholesterol and the risk of ductal carcinoma in situ: A case- control study

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 393-396

  Elkhadrawy, T M ^a,b   Ahsan, H ^a   Neugut, A I ^a,c,d  

^a Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^b AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cholesterol; DCIS; Etiology; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031649610     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008469-199810000-00004     Document Type: Article

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