Age when maximum height is reached as a risk factor for breast cancer among young U.S. women

Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 559-565

  Li, Christopher I ^a   Malone, Kathleen E ^a,b   White, Emily ^a,b   Daling, Janet R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometric measurements; Breast neoplasms; Female; Growth hormone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH INTERVALS; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBERTY; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030884873     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199709000-00014     Document Type: Article

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