Anthropometric measures and metabolic rate in association with risk of breast cancer (United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 358-365

  Freni, Stan C ^a   Eberhardt, Mark S ^b   Turturro, Angelo ^a   Hine, R Jean ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Breast cancer; Elbow width; Height; Menopause; Metabolic rate; Risk factors; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BASAL METABOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ELBOW; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP; HUMANS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ODDS RATIO; POSTMENOPAUSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029896849     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00052942     Document Type: Article

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