Racial/ethnic differences in postmenopausal endogenous hormones: The Multiethnic Cohort Study

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1849-1855

  Setiawan, Veronica Wendy ^a,c   Haiman, Christopher A ^a   Stanczyk, Frank Z ^a   Le Marchand, Loïc ^b   Henderson, Brian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANDROGENS; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ESTRONE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HAWAII; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33750510871     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0307     Document Type: Article

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