Pattern of breast cancer among White-American, African-American, and nonimmigrant West-African women

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 547-551

  Ijaduola, Taiwo G ^a   Smith, Earl B ^b  

^a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

African Americans; Breast cancer; Nonimmigrant West Africans; Whites

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY MASS; BREAST TUMOR; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; OBESITY; PARITY; PATHOLOGY; REGISTER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PARITY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032159986     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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