The relationship of body mass index to reproductive factors in pre- and postmenopausal African-American women with and without breast cancer

Obesity Research

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 451-456

  Adams Campbell, Lucile L ^a   Kim, Kyung Sook ^a   Dunston, Georgia ^a,b   Laing, Amelia E ^a,c   Bonney, George ^a,d   Demenais, Florence ^e  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AULTMAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Blacks; BMI; Breast cancer; Menopause; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; OBESITY; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; PREMENOPAUSE; REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; PREMENOPAUSE; REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030225750     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1996.tb00253.x     Document Type: Article

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