Breast arterial calcification is associated with reproductive factors in asymptomatic postmenopausal women

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1721-1726

  Bielak, Lawrence F ^a   Whaley, Dana H ^b   Sheedy, Patrick F ^b   Peyser, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BREAST ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMARY ARTERY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; PARITY; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BREAST DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77956384173     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2010.1932     Document Type: Article

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