Evaluation of 11 breast cancer susceptibility loci in African-American women

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2761-2764

  Wei, Zheng ^a   Qiuyin, Cai ^a   Signorello, Lisa B ^a,c   Jirong, Long ^a   Hargreaves, Margaret K ^d   Deming, Sandra L ^a   Guoliang, Li ^a   Chun, Li ^b   Yong, Cui ^d   Blot, William J ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70350096275     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-0624     Document Type: Article

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