Breast cancer in Marin County

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 232-234

  Whittemore, Alice S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer cluster; Genetic factors; Risk heterogeneity; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLISHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SAN FRANCISCO;

EID: 0042326586     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bcr633     Document Type: Article

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