Familial and perceived risk of breast cancer in relation to use of complementary medicine

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1527-1534

  Myers, Cynthia D ^a   Jacobsen, Paul B ^a   Huang, Yifan ^a   Frost, Marlene H ^b   Patten, Christi A ^b   Cerhan, James R ^b   Sellers, Thomas A ^a  

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

^b MAYO CLINIC CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK;

EID: 53349175800     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0028     Document Type: Article

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