Mammographic density and markers of socioeconomic status: A cross-sectional study

BMC Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Aitken, Zoe ^a   Walker, Kate ^a   Stegeman, Bernardine H ^a,d   Wark, Petra A ^a,e   Moss, Sue M ^b   McCormack, Valerie A ^a,c   dos Santos Silva, Isabel ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BREAST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIFESTYLE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PREMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; ADULT; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREMENOPAUSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 77649142094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-10-35     Document Type: Article

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