Body size, hormone therapy and risk of breast cancer in Asian-American women

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 844-852

  Wu, Anna H ^a,c   Yu, Mimi C ^b   Tseng, Chiu Chen ^a   Pike, Malcolm C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c MC 9175 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Body size; Breast cancer; Hormone therapy

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FILIPINO; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROGESTINS; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33846601312     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22387     Document Type: Article

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