Obesity, body size, and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer: The women's health initiative (United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 741-751

  Morimoto, Libby M ^a   White, Emily ^a,b   Chen, Z ^c   Chlebowski, Rowan T ^d   Hays, Jennifer ^e   Kuller, Lewis ^f   Lopez, Ana Marie ^c   Manson, JoAnn ^g   Margolis, Karen L ^h   Muti, Paola C ⁱ   Stefanick, Marcia L ^j   McTiernan, Anne ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b University of Arizona ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ WNY Vanguard Clinical Center   (United States)

^j STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Body size; Breast neoplasms; Hormone replacement therapy; Obesity; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036798987     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020239211145     Document Type: Article

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