Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 188-193 , April 2011

Comparison of breast density measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry with mammographic density among adult women in Hawaii

  • Gertraud Maskarinec

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, 1236 Lauhala St., Honolulu, HI 96813, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 808 586 3078; fax: +1 808 586 2982.
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  • Yukiko Morimoto

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, 1236 Lauhala St., Honolulu, HI 96813, United States
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  • Yihe Daida

      Affiliations

    • University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States
    • Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Honolulu, HI, United States
    • ,
  • Aurelie Laidevant

      Affiliations

    • University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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  • Serghei Malkov

      Affiliations

    • University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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  • John A. Shepherd

      Affiliations

    • University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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  • Rachel Novotny

      Affiliations

    • University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States
    • Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Honolulu, HI, United States

,Accepted 20 June 2010.

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PII: S1877-7821(10)00115-3

doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2010.06.009

Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 188-193 , April 2011

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