Ethnic variations in mammographic density: A British multiethnic longitudinal study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 412-421

  McCormack, Valerie A ^a   Perry, Nicholas ^b   Vinnicombe, Sarah J ^b   Silva, Isabel Dos Santos ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Ethnic groups; Mammary glands, human; Mammography

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HORMONE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MENARCHE; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMIPARA; SHORT STATURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIA, WESTERN; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARIBBEAN REGION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 49449087257     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn169     Document Type: Article

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