Breast fat and breast cancer

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 321-323

  Pettersson, Andreas ^a   Tamimi, Rulla M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; LEPTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST FAT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAMMOGRAPHY; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RISK FACTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84865149793     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-012-2186-2     Document Type: Letter

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