Estrogen receptor polymorphism at codon 325 and risk of breast cancer in women before age forty

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 532-536

  Southey, Melissa C ^a   Batten, Leigh E ^a   McCredie, Margaret R E ^b,c   Giles, Graham G ^d   Dite, Gillian ^e   Hopper, John L ^e   Venter, Deon J ^e  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

EID: 0032054558     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/90.7.532     Document Type: Article

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