The Carolina Breast Cancer Study: integrating population-based epidemiology and molecular biology.

doi:10.1007/BF00694745

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The Carolina Breast Cancer Study: integrating population-based epidemiology and molecular biology.

Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Jul 1995

Newman B, Moorman P G, Millikan R, Qaqish B F, Geradts J, Aldrich T E, Liu E T

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The integration of epidemiology and molecular biology provides a new strategy to identify additional risk factors for breast cancer and to better understand the role played by traditionally recognized risk factors. The Carolina Breast Cancer Study (CBCS) is a population-based, case-control study...

Topics

Adult
Aged
Alleles
Breast Neoplasms
Case-Control Studies
DNA
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Molecular Epidemiology
North Carolina
Odds Ratio
Risk Factors
Statistics as Topic

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