Anthropometric indices in relation to mammographic patterns among peri- menopausal women

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 323-326

  Gram, Inger T ^a,d   Funkhouser, Ellen ^b   Tabar, Laszlo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NORWAY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PREMENOPAUSE; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030723511     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19971104)73:3<323::AID-IJC3>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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