Hair relaxers not associated with breast cancer risk: Evidence from the black women's health study

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1035-1037

  Rosenberg, Lynn ^a   Boggs, Deborah A ^a   Adams Campbell, Lucile L ^b   Palmer, Julie R ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BURN; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HAIR PREPARATIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34250347998     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0946     Document Type: Article

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