Early age at menopause and breast cancer: Are leaner women more protected? A prospective analysis of the Dutch DOM cohort

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 285-291

  Monninkhof, Evelyn M ^b   Van der Schouw, Yvonne T ^b   Peeters, Petra H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Body mass index; Breast cancer; Menopause; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PARITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032836259     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006277207963     Document Type: Article

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