A Prospective Study of Educational Background and Breast Cancer among Japanese Women

Objective This prospective cohort study examined the association between educational level and breast cancer incidence in Japan. Method A baseline survey was conducted between 1988 and 1990 among 110,792 residents of 45 areas, aged 40-79 years. Data were restricted to 24 areas where incidence regist...

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Published in:Cancer causes & control 2008-11, Vol.19 (9), p.931-937
Main Authors: Fujino, Yoshihisa, Mori, Mitsuru, Tamakoshi, Akiko, Sakauchi, Fumio, Suzuki, Sadao, Wakai, Kenji, Tokudome, Shinkan, Yoshimura, Takesumi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Breast cancer
Breast Neoplasms - epidemiology
Cancer Research
Cohort studies
Educational levels
Educational Status
Epidemiology
Female
Hematology
Humans
Japan - epidemiology
Junior high schools
Laboratory schools
Medical research
Middle Aged
Mortality
Oncology
Original Paper
Proportional Hazards Models
Prospective Studies
Public Health
Research universities
Risk Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Socioeconomic status
Universities
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Summary:Objective This prospective cohort study examined the association between educational level and breast cancer incidence in Japan. Method A baseline survey was conducted between 1988 and 1990 among 110,792 residents of 45 areas, aged 40-79 years. Data were restricted to 24 areas where incidence registry data were available, and to subjects which provided information on educational level (32,646). The subjects were assigned to three groups according to their level of education (
ISSN:0957-5243
1573-7225
DOI:10.1007/s10552-008-9154-5