Anthropometric predictors of breast cancer incidence and survival in a multi-ethnic cohort of female residents of Hawaii, United States

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 217-224

  Galanis, Daniel J ^a,b,d   Kolonel, Laurence N ^c   Lee, James ^c   Le Marchand, Loic ^c  

^a Inj Prevention and Control Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Cancer Research Center of Hawaii   (United States)

^d HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Breast neoplasms; Height; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031922839     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008842613331     Document Type: Article

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