Association of the joint effect of menopause and hormone replacement therapy and cancer in African American women: The Jackson heart study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2491-2504

  Campbell Jenkins, Brenda W ^a   Addison, Clifton ^a   Wilson, Gregory ^a   Liu, Jiankang ^b   Fortune, Melody ^c   Robinson, Kiana ^a   White, Monique ^a   Sarpong, Daniel ^a  

^a JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

African americans; Association; Breast cancer; Cancer; Hormone replacement therapy; Jackson heart study; Joint effect; Pre and post menopause

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 79959842541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph8062491     Document Type: Article

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