Emerging breast cancer epidemic: Evidence from Africa

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2010, Pages

  Akarolo Anthony, Sally N ^a   Ogundiran, Temidayo O ^b   Adebamowo, Clement A ^a,c,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; GENETIC RISK; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIFESTYLE; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PARITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RISK FACTOR; SEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAIST HIP RATIO; BREAST TUMOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; ONSET AGE; SOCIAL CLASS;

AFRICA; AGE OF ONSET; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 78650856509     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: 1465542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bcr2737     Document Type: Article

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