That recognised risk factors can explain past and present international differences in breast cancer incidence: Misconceptions 5

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 408-410

  Hoover, R N ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84864335164     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.134     Document Type: Review

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