Height, sitting height, and leg length in relation with breast cancer risk in the E3N cohort

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1171-1175

  Fagherazzi, Guy ^a,b   Vilier, Alice ^a,b   Boutron Ruault, Marie Christine ^a,b   Clavel Chapelon, Françoise ^a,b   Mesrine, Sylvie ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SITTING;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84863590207     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0130     Document Type: Article

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