Relationship between relative risk of developing breast cancer and absolute risk in a population of rural, older African American women

Breast Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 364-368

  Harrison, Renee A ^a,d   Smith, Delia E ^b,c   Greene, Paul G ^b,c   Kratt, Polly P ^b,c  

^a Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Mass Spectrometry Core Facility   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d Biostatistics Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute risk; African American; Alabama; Breast cancer; Comparative mortality; Relative risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MENARCHE; NEGRO; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032715619     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4741.1999.99009.x     Document Type: Article

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