Risk factors and control strategies for the rapidly rising rate of breast cancer in Korea

Journal of Breast Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 79-87

  Park, Sue K ^a,b   Kim, Yeonju ^c,d   Kang, Daehee ^a,b   Jung, En Joo ^a   Yoo, Keun Young ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Korea; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; KOREA; MENARCHE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 79959853718     PISSN: 17386756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4048/jbc.2011.14.2.79     Document Type: Article

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