Invited commentary: Assessing breast density change - Lessons for future studies

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 167, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1037-1040

  Byrne, Celia ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

AGING; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DENSITY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENSITOMETRY; DENSITY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MENOPAUSE; NOTE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREND STUDY;

AGING; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 42649099293     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn062     Document Type: Note

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