Body size and risk of breast cancer

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1011-1019

  Trentham Dietz, Amy ^a   Newcomb, Polly A ^a,b   Storer, Barry E ^a,b   Longnecker, Matthew P ^c   Baron, John ^d   Greenberg, E Robert ^d   Willett, Walter C ^e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

body height; body weight; breast neoplasms; weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0030913143     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009057     Document Type: Article

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