A comparison of some anthropometric parameters between an Italian and a UK population: "proof of principle" of a European project using MammoGrid

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1052-1060

  Warren, R ^a   Thompson, D ^b   del Frate, C ^c   Cordell, M ^d   Highnam, R ^d   Tromans, C ^e   Warsi, I ^a   Ding, J ^a   Sala, E ^a   Estrella, F ^f   Solomonides, A E ^f   Odeh, M ^f   McClatchey, R ^f   Bazzocchi, M ^c   Amendolia, S R ^g   Brady, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^g CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE DATABASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ITALY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34848852694     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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