Relative weight, weight change, height, and breast cancer risk in asian-american women

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 650-660

  Ziegler, Regina G ^a,f   Hoover, Robert N ^a   Nomura, Abraham M Y ^b   West, Dee W ^c   Wu, Anna H ^d   Pike, Malcolm C ^d   Lake, Andrew J ^e   Horn Ross, Pamela L ^c   Kolonel, Laurence N ^b   Siiteri, Pentti K ^a   Fraumeni Jr , Joseph F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PHILIPPINES; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHILIPPINES; RISK; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0029971642     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/88.10.650     Document Type: Article

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