Application of the Rosner-Colditz risk prediction model to estimate sexual orientation group disparities in breast cancer risk in a U.S. cohort of premenopausal women

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2201-2208

  Austin, S Bryn ^a,b,c   Pazaris, Mathew J ^c   Rosner, Bernard ^a,c   Bowen, Deborah ^d   Rich Edwards, Janet ^a,c   Spiegelman, Donna ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL FEMALE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; PREDICTION; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSNER COLDITZ RISK PREDICTION MODEL; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BISEXUALITY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871330795     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0868     Document Type: Article

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