Methods for assessing and representing mammographic density: An analysis of 4 case-control studies

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 236-244

  Woolcott, Christy G ^b   Conroy, Shannon M ^c   Nagata, Chisato ^d   Ursin, Giske ^e   Vachon, Celine M ^f   Yaffe, Martin J ^g   Pagano, Ian S ^a   Byrne, Celia ^h   Maskarinec, Gertraud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^d CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^e GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^g Canada   (Canada)

^h UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; epidemiologic methods; ethnicity; mammographic density; pooling; risk

Indexed keywords

CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIOGRAPHY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST IMPLANT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENSITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PECTORAL MUSCLE; RADIOLOGIST; STANDARDIZATION;

BREAST CANCER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ETHNICITY; MAMMOGRAPHIC DENSITY; POOLING; RISK;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

CALIFORNIA; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; JAPAN; MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891549728     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt238     Document Type: Article

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