Anthropometric measurements and epithelial ovarian cancer risk in African-American and White women

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 955-963

  Hoyo, Cathrine ^a   Berchuck, Andrew ^a   Halabi, Susan ^a   Bentley, Rex C ^a   Moorman, Patricia ^a   Calingaert, Brian ^a   Schildkraut, Joellen M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body height; Body mass index; Etiology; Ovarian neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 23944479519     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-005-3205-y     Document Type: Article

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