Age-related changes in mammographic density and breast cancer risk

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 101-109

  Lokate, Mariëtte ^a   Stellato, Rebecca K ^a   Veldhuis, Wouter B ^a   Peeters, Petra H M ^a,b   Van Gils, Carla H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

age; breast cancer; longitudinal studies; mammographic density; mixed effect model

Indexed keywords

AGE; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGE; BREAST CANCER; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAMMOGRAPHIC DENSITY; MIXED EFFECT MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTORS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84880197643     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws446     Document Type: Article

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