Anthropometric characteristics and mammographic parenchymal patterns in post-menopausal women: A population-based study in Northern Greece

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-191

  Riza, Elena ^a,b   Remoundos, Dionysios Dennis ^c   Bakali, Evangelia ^d   Karadedou Zafiriadou, Efi ^e   Linos, Dimitrios ^f   Linos, Athena ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c WYCOMBE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e Aristotle University Medical School   (Greece)

^f HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Body build; Breast cancer; Chest circumference; Mammographic parenchymal patterns

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HIP; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; MAMMOGRAPHY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; OBESITY; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTION; SOMATOTYPE; THORAX; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BREAST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RISK FACTORS; SOMATOTYPES;

EID: 58849154026     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-008-9232-8     Document Type: Article

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