Reproductive risk factors for breast cancer in hispanic and non-hispanic white women: The new mexico women's health study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 148, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 683-692

  Gilliland, Frank D ^a,b,d   Hunt, William C ^a   Baumgartner, Kathy B ^a   Crumley, Diane ^a   Nicholson, Cynthia S ^a   Fetherolf, Josala ^a   Samet, Jonathan M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasm; Hispanic Americans; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; UNITED STATES;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032191898     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/148.7.683     Document Type: Article

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