Obesity and recent mammography use among black and white women in the Southern Community Cohort Study (United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 765-773

  Cohen, Sarah S ^a,b   Signorello, Lisa B ^a,c,d   Gammon, Marilie D ^b   Blot, William J ^a,c,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Epidemiology; Mammogram; Obesity; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250830935     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-007-9019-3     Document Type: Article

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