Mammographic density and its interaction with other breast cancer risk factors in an Asian population

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 871-874

  Wong, C S ^a   Lim, G H ^b   Gao, F ^c,d   Jakes, R W ^e   Offman, J ^f   Chia, K S ^g   Duffy, S W ^f  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^c DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^d DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^e Worldwide Epidemiology   (Singapore)

^f QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asian population; body mass index; breast cancer; breast density; mammography

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHIC DENSITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 79952282128     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6606085     Document Type: Article

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