Reproductive and hormonal factors associated with fatty or dense breast patterns among Korean women

Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-48

  Jeon, Jei Hun ^a   Kang, Jung Hyun ^a   Kim, Yeonju ^b,c   Lee, Hoo Yeon ^b   Choi, Kui Son ^b   Jun, Jae Kwan ^b   Oh, Dong Kwan ^b   Lee, Chang Yoon ^b,d   Ko, Kyungran ^d,e   Park, Eun Cheol ^e  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d Department of Radiology   (South Korea)

^e National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast; Cross sectional study; Korea; Mammography; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959859069     PISSN: 15982998     EISSN: 20059256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4143/crt.2011.43.1.42     Document Type: Article

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