A prospective study of body size in different periods of life and risk of premenopausal breast cancer

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1121-1127

  Weiderpass, Elisabete ^a,b,c,d   Braaten, Tonje ^e   Magnusson, Cecilia ^a   Kumle, Merethe ^e   Vainio, Harri ^f   Lund, Eiliv ^e   Adami, Hans Olov ^a,g  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^d CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^f FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREMENOPAUSAL BREAST CANCER; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OBESITY; PREMENOPAUSE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 3142688410     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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