Breast cancer risk factors in a defined population: Weighted logistic regression approach for rare events

Journal of Breast Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 214-219

  Zare, Najf ^a   Haem, Elham ^a   Lankarani, Kamran B ^b   Heydari, Seyyed Taghi ^c   Barooti, Esmat ^d  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c JAHROM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Logistic models; Risk factors; Screening program

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84879923187     PISSN: 17386756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4048/jbc.2013.16.2.214     Document Type: Article

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