Anthropometric characteristics and risk of uterine leiomyoma

Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 758-763

  Terry, Kathryn L ^a,b,d   De Vivo, Immaculata ^a,b   Hankinson, Susan E ^a,b   Spiegelman, Donna ^a,b   Wise, Lauren A ^c   Missmer, Stacey A ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Obstetrics and Gynecology Epidemiology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTERED NURSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UTERUS MYOMA; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 37349019747     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181567eed     Document Type: Article

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