Relationship between mammographic density and the risk of breast cancer in Japanese women: A case-control study

Breast Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 228-233

  Nagao, Yasuko ^a   Kawaguchi, Yoshihiro ^a   Sugiyama, Yasuyuki ^a   Saji, Shigetoyo ^a   Kashiki, Yoshitomo ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Gihoku General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer risk; Case control study; Japanese women; Mammographic density

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444460011     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02966722     Document Type: Article

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