Breast cancer incidence and case fatality among 4.7 million women in relation to social and ethnic background: A population-based cohort study

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Beiki, Omid ^a,b   Hall, Per ^a   Ekbom, Anders ^a   Moradi, Tahereh ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE RATE RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855449655     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: 1465542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bcr3086     Document Type: Article

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