Menstrual patterns and breast cancer mortality in a large U.S. cohort

Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 543-546

  Michels Blanck, Heidi ^a,d   Byers, Tim ^b   Mokdad, Ali H ^b   Will, Julie C ^b   Calle, Eugenia E ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

body mass; breast neoplasms; cohort study; menarche; menstrual patterns; mortality; physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029821776     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199609000-00018     Document Type: Article

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