Catechol-O-methyltransferase and breast cancer risk

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1943-1947

  Millikan, Robert C ^a,b   Pittman, Gary S ^c   Tse, Chiu Kit J ^a   Duell, Eric ^a,b   Newman, Beth ^a,b   Savitz, David ^a,b   Moorman, Patricia G ^a,d   Boissy, Robert J ^c   Bell, Douglas A ^c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL ESTROGEN; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031752385     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/19.11.1943     Document Type: Article

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