Early body size and subsequent weight again as predictors of breast cancer incidence (Iowa, United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 112-118

  Barnes Josiah, Debora ^a   Potter, John D ^b   Sellers, Thomas A ^a   Himes, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

body mass index; Breast cancer; females; United States; weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0028951305     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00052771     Document Type: Article

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