Associations of body size and reproductive factors with circulating levels of sex hormones and prolactin in premenopausal Japanese women

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 581-588

  Nagata, Chisato ^a   Wada, Keiko ^a   Nakamura, Kozue ^a   Hayashi, Makoto ^b   Takeda, Noriyuki ^c   Yasuda, Keigo ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Matsunami General Hospital   (Japan)

^c ASAHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Breastfeeding; Premenopausal; Prolactin; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER RISK; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREMENOPAUSE; PROLACTIN; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79955762941     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-011-9731-x     Document Type: Article

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