A woman's build and the risk of breast cancer

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1163-1174

  Cold, S ^a   Hansen, S ^a   Overvad, K ^b   Rose, C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body mass index; Breast cancer; Prevention; Risk

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; SOMATOTYPES;

EID: 0032127069     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(97)10167-8     Document Type: Review

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