Stage of breast cancer in relation to body mass index and bra cup size

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-27

  Hall, H Irene ^a   Coates, Ralph J ^a   Uhler, Robert J ^a   Brinton, Louise A ^b   Gammon, Marilie D ^c   Brogan, Donna ^d   Potischman, Nancy ^b   Malone, Kathleen E ^e   Swanson, Christine A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Columbia Univ Sch of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 0033516537     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990702)82:1<23::AID-IJC5>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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