Global trends in breast cancer incidence and mortality 1973-1997

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 405-412

  Althuis, Michelle D ^a   Dozier, Jaclyn M ^a   Anderson, William F ^a   Devesa, Susan S ^a   Brinton, Louise A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Incidence; International; Mortality; Time trends

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MORTALITY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASIAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EASTERN EUROPE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; LATIN AMERICA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIA; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AMERICA; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 18444412609     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh414     Document Type: Article

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