Body size changes in relation to postmenopausal breast cancer among women on Long Island, New York

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 229-237

  Eng, Sybil M ^a,f   Gammon, Marilie D ^b   Terry, Mary Beth ^a   Kushi, Lawrence H ^c   Teitelbaum, Susan L ^d   Britton, Julie A ^d   Neugut, Alfred I ^a,e  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MS 150/3/80 ^*  (United States)

^f PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Body weight changes; Breast neoplasms; Menopause; Perimenopause; Postmenopause; Women

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

BODY SIZE; CANCER; WEIGHT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

LONG ISLAND [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ADULT; BODY SIZE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 24144502954     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi195     Document Type: Article

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