Increased incidence of carcinoma of the breast associated with abdominal adiposity in postmenopausal women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 1990, Pages 794-803

  Folsom, Aaron R ^a   Kaye, Susan A ^a   Prineas, Ronald J ^b   Potter, John D ^a   Gapstur, Susan M ^a   Wallace, Robert B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Body weight; Breast neoplasms; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; IOWA; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025357551     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115570     Document Type: Article

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