Prospective evaluation of risk factors for male breast cancer

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 100, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 1477-1481

  Brinton, Louise A ^a,d   Richesson, Douglas A ^a   Gierach, Gretchen L ^a   Lacey Jr , James V ^a   Park, Yikyung ^b   Hollenbeck, Albert R ^c   Schatzkin, Arthur ^b  

^a Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch

^b Nutritional Epidemiology Branch   (United States)

^c AARP   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; FRACTURE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE BREAST; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SMOKING; AGE; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; COHORT STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54049135164     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djn329     Document Type: Article

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