Age distribution of breast cancer in the middle east, implications for screening

Breast Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 677-679

  Mousavi, Seyed Mohsen ^a,b,c,d   Zheng, Tongzhang ^e   Dasteiri, Saeed ^a,f   Miller, Anthony B ^g  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIRTH; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SCREENING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE EAST; NUTRITION; PARITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 70449643089     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2009.00843.x     Document Type: Letter

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