Polymorphic catechol-O-methyltransferase gene and breast cancer risk

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 635-640

  Mitrunen, Katja ^a   Jourenkova, Nadejda ^b   Kataja, Vesa ^c   Eskelinen, Matti ^c   Kosma, Veli Matti ^d   Benhamou, Simone ^b   Kang, Daehee ^e   Vainio, Harri ^f   Uusitupa, Matti ^d   Hirvonen, Ari ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034894518     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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