Body-size indicators and risk of breast cancer according to menopause and estrogen-receptor status

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 8-13

  Männistö, Satu ^a   Pietinen, Pirjo ^a   Pyy, Marjo ^a   Palmgren, Juni ^a   Eskelinen, Matti ^b   Uusitupa, Matti ^c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BREAST CANCER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0029902496     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960927)68:1<8::AID-IJC2>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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