Impact of overweight and obesity on postmenopausal breast cancer: Analysis of 20-year data from Switzerland

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 285, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 797-803

  Eichholzer, Monika ^a   Schmid, Seraina Margaretha ^b   Bovey, Florence ^a   Jordan, Paul ^a   Rohrmann, Sabine ^a   Huang, Dorothy Jane ^b   Rochlitz, Christoph ^b   Güth, Uwe ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c CANTONAL HOSPITAL WINTERTHUR   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Epidemiology; Obesity; Overweight; Risk factor; Swiss Health Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SWITZERLAND; BREAST TUMOR; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADIPOSITY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84863202301     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-011-2022-7     Document Type: Article

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