Proportion of invasive breast cancer attributable to risk factors modifiable after menopause

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 404-411

  Sprague, Brian L ^a,b   Trentham Dietz, Amy ^a,b   Egan, Kathleen M ^c   Titus Ernstoff, Linda ^d   Hampton, John M ^b   Newcomb, Polly A ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Breast neoplasms; Case control studies; Exercise; Hormone replacement therapy; Risk factors; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ALCOHOL; CANCER; HORMONE; LIFESTYLE; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; PARITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; WISCONSIN;

MASSACHUSETTS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 49449102566     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn143     Document Type: Article

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