Body size and breast cancer risk among women under age 45 years

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 143, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 698-706

  Swanson, Christine A ^a   Coates, Ralph J ^b   Schoenberg, Janet B ^c   Malone, Kathleen E ^d   Gammon, Marilie D ^e   Stanford, Janet L ^d   Shorr, Irwin J ^f   Potischman, Nancy A ^a   Brinton, Louise A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Special Epidemiology Program   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^e School of Public Heath ^*  (United States)

^f National Institutes of Health ^*

Author keywords

anthropometry; body height; body weight; breast neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0029871990     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008803     Document Type: Article

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