Risk factors for breast carcinoma in Singaporean Chinese women: The role of central obesity

Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 725-731

  Ng, Eng Hen ^a   Gao, Fei ^a   Ji, Chen Yang ^a   Ho, Gay Hui ^a   Soo, Khee Chee ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma risk; Central obesity; Chinese women; Factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0030853998     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19970815)80:4<725::AID-CNCR11>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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