Risk of breast cancer in young women in relation to body size and weight gain in adolescence and early adulthood

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 167-174

  Coates, R J ^a   Uhler, R J ^a   Hall, H I ^a   Potischman, N ^b   Brinton, L A ^b   Ballard Barbash, R ^b   Gammon, M D ^c   Brogan, D R ^d   Daling, J R ^e   Malone, K E ^e   Schoenberg, J B ^f   Swanson, C A ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Columbia School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^f NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Breast neoplasms; Histological grade; Neoplasm staging; Premenopause; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0032881419     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690667     Document Type: Article

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