Anthropometry and breast cancer risk in Nigerian women

Breast Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 462-466

  Okobia, Michael N ^a,b   Bunker, Clareann H ^a   Zmuda, Joseph M ^a   Osime, Usifo ^b   Ezeome, Emmanuel R ^c   Anyanwu, Stanley N C ^d   Uche, Emmanuel E O ^e   Ojukwu, Joseph ^c   Kuller, Lewis H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^d NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Breast cancer; Nigeria; Waist:hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; OUTPATIENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENARCHE; NIGERIA; ODDS RATIO; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 33748344711     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1075-122X.2006.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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