Obesity and awareness of obesity as risk factors for breast cancer in six ethnic groups

Obesity Research

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1680-1689

  Consedine, Nathan S ^a,d   Magai, Carol ^a   Conway, Francine ^b   Neugut, Alfred I ^c  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d Intercultural Institute on Human Development and Aging   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer knowledge; Ethnic subpopulations; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 16644384665     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2004.208     Document Type: Article

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