Factors associated with breast cancer in Puerto Rican women

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 205-215

  Morales, Luisa ^a   Alvarez Garriga, Carolina ^a   Matta, Jaime ^a   Ortiz, Carmen ^a   Vergne, Yeidyly ^a   Vargas, Wanda ^a   Acosta, Heidi ^a   Ramírez, Jonathan ^a   Perez Mayoral, Julyann ^a   Bayona, Manuel ^a  

^a PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; DNA repair capacity; Epidemiology; Protective factors; Receptor status; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MULTIVITAMIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; CALCIUM INTAKE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY MENOPAUSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NULLIPARA; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; VITAMIN INTAKE;

BC; BMI; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST CANCER; DNA REPAIR CAPACITY; DRC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD; IRB; MENOPAUSE HORMONE THERAPY; MHT; ODDS RATIO; OR; PR; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; PUERTO RICO; RECEPTOR STATUS; RISK FACTORS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA REPAIR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PUERTO RICO; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84887231363     PISSN: 22106006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jegh.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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