Serum lipid profile of breast cancer patients

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 332-338

  Owiredu, W K B A ^a   Donkor, S ^a   Addai, B Wiafe ^b   Amidu, N ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b Peace and Love Hospital   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lipid profile; Obesity; Oestradiol

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67049119417     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2009.332.338     Document Type: Article

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