Body size and breast cancer in a black population-The Barbados National Cancer Study

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 387-394

  Nemesure, Barbara ^a   Wu, Suh Yuh ^a   Hennis, Anselm ^a,b,c,d,e   Leske, M Cristina ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c Ministry of Health Barbados   (Barbados)

^d TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

African ancestry; Body circumferences; Breast cancer; Height; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BARBADOS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 61449265037     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-008-9253-3     Document Type: Article

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