Comparison of women's breast cancer risk factors in Geneva, Switzerland and Shanghai, China

De Roo, Lisa; Vlastos, Anne-Thérèse; Mock, Pascal; Vlastos, Georges; Morabia, Alfredo

doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.09.013

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Comparison of women's breast cancer risk factors in Geneva, Switzerland and Shanghai, China

ContributorsDe Roo, Lisa; Vlastos, Anne-Thérèse; Mock, Pascal; Vlastos, Georges; Morabia, Alfredo

Published inPreventive medicine, vol. 51, no. 6, p. 497-501

Publication date2010

Abstract

We compared the prevalence of known and suspected breast cancer risk factors among women in Geneva, Switzerland, where the annual incidence of breast cancer is high, to women in Shanghai, China, where incidence is lower.

Keywords

Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Body Mass Index
Breast Neoplasms/epidemiology/etiology
China/epidemiology
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Female
Humans
Incidence
Life Style
Marital Status
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Reproductive History
Risk Factors
Smoking/epidemiology
Switzerland/epidemiology

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique

Citation (ISO format)

DE ROO, Lisa et al. Comparison of women’s breast cancer risk factors in Geneva, Switzerland and Shanghai, China. In: Preventive medicine, 2010, vol. 51, n° 6, p. 497–501. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.09.013

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Identifiers

PID : unige:21432
DOI : 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.09.013
PMID : 20920521

ISSN of the journal0091-7435

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Comparison of women's breast cancer risk factors in Geneva, Switzerland and Shanghai, China

We compared the prevalence of known and suspected breast cancer risk factors among women in Geneva, Switzerland, where the annual incidence of breast cancer is high, to women in Shanghai, China, where incidence is lower.

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