Prospective study of relative weight and risk of breast cancer: The Breast Cancer Detection Demonstration Project follow-up study, 1979 to 1987-1989

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 143, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 985-995

  Yong, Lee Chen ^a   Brown, Charles C ^a   Schatzkin, Arthur ^a   Schairer, Catherine ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

age factors; body weight; breast neoplasms; obesity; prospective studies; relative weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; OVARIECTOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0029983854     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008681     Document Type: Article

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