Epidemiology, major risk factors and genetic predisposition for breast cancer in the Pakistani population

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 5625-5629

  Shaukat, Uzma ^a   Ismail, Muhammad ^a   Mehmood, Nasir ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL AND GENETIC ENGINEERING IBGE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Environmental and genetic factors; Incidence; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTOR;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84890503420     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.10.5625     Document Type: Short Survey

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