Prevalence of breast arterial calcifications in an ethnically diverse population of women

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 344-350

  Reddy, Jhansi ^a   Son, Hongju ^a   Smith, Suzanne J ^a   Paultre, Furcy ^a   Mosca, Lori ^a,b  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast Arterial Calcifications (BAC); Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors; Epidemiology; Mammography; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREAST CALCIFICATION; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 17444407485     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2004.11.006     Document Type: Article

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