Breast cancer risk factors in Turkey: A hospital-based case-control study

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2317-2322

  Sezer, Hafize ^a   Yilmaz, Meryem ^a   Gurler, Hesna ^a   Koyuncu, Ayhan ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Case control study; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TURKEY;

EID: 84866272618     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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