Determinants of age at menarche as early life predictors of breast cancer risk

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-198

  Petridou, Eleni ^a,b,c   Syrigou, Ekaterine ^a   Toupadaki, Nektaria ^a   Zavitsanos, Xenofon ^a   Willett, Walter ^b,d   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Hellenic Soc Social Pediat H   (Greece)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029795009     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19961009)68:2<193::AID-IJC9>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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