Does place of birth influence endogenous hormone levels in Asian-American women?

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 54-60

  Falk, R T ^a   Fears, T R ^a   Hoover, R N ^a   Pike, M C ^b   Wu, A H ^b   Nomura, A M Y ^c   Kolonel, L N ^c   West, D W ^d   Ziegler, R G ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Asian American; Breast cancer; Migration; Oestrogen

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; ESTRONE SULFATE; HORMONE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BIRTH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GEOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RISK; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RELATIVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASIA; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036648382     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600339     Document Type: Article

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