Blar i forfatter Doktorgradsavhandlinger (Helsefak) "Iversen, Anita"
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Genetic Susceptibility, Lifestyle, Ovarian Hormones, and Mammographic Density – key factors in breast cancer development. The Norwegian Energy Balance and Breast Cancer Aspects-I Study.
Iversen, Anita (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2013-02-28)Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer among women worldwide. Over the last century, the prevalence of overnutrition, overweight and obesity has increased, age at menarche has dropped and age at birth of first child has risen among women in Western countries. These trends may be linked to exposure to ovarian hormones that, in turn, may affect a woman’s lifetime risk of getting breast cancer. The ...