A prospective study of estradiol and breast cancer in Japanese women

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 575-579

  Kabuto, Michinori ^a   Akiba, Suminori ^b,c   Stevens, Richard G ^d,f   Neriishi, Kazuo ^b   Land, Charles E ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PROLACTIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN;

EID: 0034130610     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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