Education and risk of breast cancer in the Norwegian-Swedish women's lifestyle and health cohort study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 579-583

  Braaten, Tonje ^a   Weiderpass, Elisabete ^b,c   Kumle, Merethe ^a   Adami, Hans Olov ^b   Lund, Eiliv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cohort; Education; Epidemiology; Norway; Socio economic status; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; RISK; SWEDEN;

EID: 2442686817     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20141     Document Type: Article

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