Sun exposure, vitamin D receptor genetic variants, and risk of breast cancer in the agricultural health study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 165-171

  Engel, Lawrence S ^a   Satagopan, Jaya ^b   Sima, Camelia S ^b   Orlow, Irene ^b   Mujumdar, Urvi ^b   Coble, Joseph ^c   Roy, Pampa ^b   Yoo, Sarah ^b   Sandler, Dale P ^d   Alavanja, Michael C ^c  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUN EXPOSURE;

AGRICULTURE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IOWA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORTH CAROLINA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84893393325     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1206274     Document Type: Article

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