Women's breast cancer and epidemiology: Scotland and Iceland, contrasts and comparisons

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 162-169

  Hjorleifsdottir E ^a   Whyte, F ^b  

^a Akureyri Regional Hospital   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Epidemiology; Iceland; Preventions; Risk factors; Scotland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BREAST TUMOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 1842664150     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2354.1999.00155.x     Document Type: Article

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