Population attributable fraction estimation for established breast cancer risk factors: Considering the issues of high prevalence and unmodifiability

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 826-833

  Rockhill, Beverly ^a,d   Weinberg, Clarice R ^b   Newman, Beth ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^c IL   (United States)

^d CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032076545     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009535     Document Type: Article

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