Risk of ovarian cancer in the United States in relation to anthropometric measures: Does the association depend on menopausal status?

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 455-463

  Kuper, Hannah ^a   Cramer, Daniel W ^b   Titus Ernstoff, Linda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Histology; Menopause; Ovarian cancer; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; OBESITY; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY CYST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY TUMOR; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; ODDS RATIO; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035987705     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015751105039     Document Type: Article

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