Body size across the life course, mammographic density, and risk of breast cancer

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 174, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 909-918

  Harris, Holly R ^a,b   Tamimi, Rulla M ^a,b   Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Hankinson, Susan E ^a,b   Michels, Karin B ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

body mass index; body size; breast neoplasms; mammography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RISK FACTOR; THRESHOLD; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PREMENOPAUSE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY SIZE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80054070564     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr225     Document Type: Article

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