Risk of breast cancer and changes in mammographic parenchymal patterns over time

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 547-551

  Salminen, Tiina M ^a,d   Saarenmaa, Irma E ^b   Heikkilä, Minna M ^c   Hakama, Matti ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b Cancer Society of Tampere Region   (Finland)

^c FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^d GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0031765332     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418698430241     Document Type: Article

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