Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 17, Issue 8 , Pages 575-583 , August 2007

The Association Between Mammographic Breast Density and Bone Mineral Density in the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation

Received 7 November 2006 ,Accepted 9 March 2007.

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 Dr. Crandall was supported by National Institute of Health research grant numbers 5K12AG01004 from National Institute on Aging and by grant 8KB-0035 from the California Breast Cancer Research Program. The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation Mammographic Density Ancillary Study was supported by the National Cancer Institute RO1CA89552. The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) has grant support from the National Institutes of Health, DHHS, through the National Institute on Aging, the National Institute of Nursing Research and the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (grants NR004061, AG012505, AG012535, AG012531, AG012539, AG012546, AG012553, AG012554, AG012495).

PII: S1047-2797(07)00146-9

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.03.012

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 17, Issue 8 , Pages 575-583 , August 2007

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