Mammographic density as a mediator for breast cancer risk: Analytic approaches

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  VanderWeele, Tyler J ^a   Adami, Hans Olov ^a   Tamimi, Rulla M ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; DATA ANALYSIS; DENSITY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; MAMMARY GLAND; PATHOLOGY; RISK;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK;

EID: 84864375099     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: 1465542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bcr3157     Document Type: Article

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