Relation between obesity and breast cancer in young women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 339-346

  Peacock, Susan L ^a   White, Emily ^a,b   Daling, Janet R ^a,b   Voigt, Lynda F ^a,b   Malone, Kathleen E ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body constitution; Body mass index; Breast neoplasms; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREMENOPAUSE;

EID: 0033558150     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009818     Document Type: Article

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