Mammographic breast density and risk of breast cancer: Masking bias or causality?

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 315-320

  Van Gils, Carla H ^a,b   Otten, Johannes D M ^a,b   Verbeek, André L M ^a,c   Hendriks, Jan H C L ^c,d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research   (Netherlands)

^c National Expert and Training Centre for Breast Cancer Screening   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bias; Breast cancer; Mammography; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031861568     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007423824675     Document Type: Article

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