A genome-wide association study of breast cancer in women of African ancestry

Human Genetics

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-48

  Chen, Fang ^a   Chen, Gary K ^a   Stram, Daniel O ^a   Millikan, Robert C ^b   Ambrosone, Christine B ^c   John, Esther M ^d,e   Bernstein, Leslie ^f   Zheng, Wei ^g   Palmer, Julie R ^h   Hu, Jennifer J ⁱ   Rebbeck, Tim R ^j   Ziegler, Regina G ^k   Nyante, Sarah ^b   Bandera, Elisa V ^l   Ingles, Sue A ^a   Press, Michael F ^a   Ruiz Narvaez, Edward A ^h   Deming, Sandra L ^g   Rodriguez Gil, Jorge L ⁱ   Demichele, Angela ^j   Chanock, Stephen J ^k   Blot, William ^g   Signorello, Lisa ^g   Cai, Qiuyin ^g   Li, Guoliang ^g   Long, Jirong ^g   Huo, Dezheng ^m   Zheng, Yonglan ^m   Cox, Nancy J ^m   Olopade, Olufunmilayo I ^m   Ogundiran, Temidayo O ⁿ   Adebamowo, Clement ^o   Nathanson, Katherine L ^j   Domchek, Susan M ^j   Simon, Michael S ^p   Hennis, Anselm ^q,r   Nemesure, Barbara ^r   Wu, Suh Yuh ^r   Leske, M Cristina ^r   Ambs, Stefan ^s   Hutter, Carolyn M ^t   Young, Alicia ^t   Kooperberg, Charles ^t   Peters, Ulrike ^t   Rhie, Suhn K ^a   Wan, Peggy ^a   Sheng, Xin ^a   Pooler, Loreall C ^a   Van Den Berg, David J ^a,u   Le Marchand, Loic ^v   Kolonel, Laurence N ^v   Henderson, Brian E ^a   Haiman, Christopher A ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CANCER PREVENTION INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STANFORD CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^k Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program   (United States)

^l RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^p WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^r STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^s NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^t Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CHROMOSOME 3P; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICATION STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872329858     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-012-1214-y     Document Type: Article

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