Height, weight, weight change, and postmenopausal breast cancer risk: The Netherlands Cohort Study

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-47

  Van Den Brandt, Piet A ^a   Dirx, Miranda J M ^a   Ronckers, Cécile M ^a   Van Den Hoogen, Peggy ^a   Goldbohm, R Alexandra ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body height; Body weight; Breast neoplasma; Netherlands; Weight gain; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031056139     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018479020716     Document Type: Article

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