Severe obesity as an explanatory factor for the black/white difference in stage at diagnosis of breast cancer

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 394-404

  Jones, Beth A ^a   Kasl, Stanislav V ^a   McCrea Curnen, Mary G ^a   Owens, Patricia H ^a   Dubrow, Robert ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Body weight; Breast neoplasms; Neoplasm staging; Obesity; Racial stocks; Whites

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030752092     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009292     Document Type: Article

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