Adult height and risk of breast cancer among white women in a case-control study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 143, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1123-1128

  Zhang, Yuqing ^a   Rosenberg, Lynn ^b   Colton, Theodore ^a   Cupples, L Adrienne ^a   Palmer, Julie R ^b   Strom, Brian L ^c   Zauber, Ann G ^d   Warshauer, M Ellen ^e,f   Harlap, Susan ^d   Shapiro, Samuel ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body height; Breast neoplasms; Contraceptives, oral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029891605     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008689     Document Type: Article

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