Weight change and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer (United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 533-542

  Trentham Dietz, Amy ^a   Newcomb, Polly A ^b   Egan, Kathleen M ^d   Titus Ernstoff, Linda ^c   Baron, John A ^c   Storer, Barry E ^b   Stampfer, Meir ^d,e   Willett, Walter C ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Breast cancer; Case control study; Postmenopausal; Weight gain; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW HAMPSHIRE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0034116437     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008961931534     Document Type: Article

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