Age-specific trends in mammographic density: The Minnesota Breast Cancer Family Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 167, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1027-1036

  Kelemen, Linda E ^a   Pankratz, V Shane ^a   Sellers, Thomas A ^b   Brandt, Kathy R ^a   Wang, Alice ^a   Janney, Carol ^a   Fredericksen, Zachary S ^a   Cerhan, James R ^a   Vachon, Celine M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Mammography; Postmenopause; Premenopause; Radiographic image interpretation, computer assisted; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HORMONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

AGE CLASS; BODY MASS; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; HORMONE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING METHOD; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS HEALTH; X-RAY;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DENSITOMETRY; DENSITY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIGITAL IMAGING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; OVARY CANCER; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RELATIVE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42649086025     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn063     Document Type: Article

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