Arterial calcifications seen on mammograms: Cardiovascular risk factors, pregnancy, and lactation

Radiology

Volumn 240, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-38

  Maas, Angela H E M ^a   Van Der Schouw, Yvonne T ^b   Beijerinck, David ^c   Deurenberg, Jan J M ^c   Mali, Willem P T M ^b   Van Der Graaf, Yolanda ^b  

^a Isala Klinieken ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Preventicon Breast Cancer Screening Center   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER SCREENING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST FEEDING; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33745145446     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2401050170     Document Type: Article

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