Puberty and genetic susceptibility to breast cancer in a case-control study in twins

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 348, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 2313-2322

  Hamilton, Ann S ^a   Mack, Thomas M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWIN CONCORDANCE; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PUBERTY; RISK FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0038662590     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa021293     Document Type: Article

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