Trends in breast cancer incidence in Thrace, Greece: An epidemiological assessment

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 76-80

  Anastasiadis, P G ^a   Koutlaki, N G ^b   Skaphida, P G ^b   Avgidou, K E ^b   Galazios, G C ^b   Liberis, V A ^b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer incidence; Christian Orthodox; Muslims

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CYST; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CHRISTIAN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GREECE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MOSLEM; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033966096     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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