Risk factors for breast cancer in a black population-the barbados national cancer study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 174-179

  Nemesure, Barbara ^a   Wu, Suh Yuh ^a   Hambleton, Ian R ^b   Leske, M Cristina ^a   Hennis, Anselm J ^a,b,c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c Ministry of Health Barbados   (Barbados)

Author keywords

African origin population; Breast cancer; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; BODY SIZE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LACTATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; NULLIPARA; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; AFRICA; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BARBADOS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 58149381259     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23827     Document Type: Article

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