Pre- to post-diagnosis weight change and associations with physical functional limitations in breast cancer survivors

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 539-547

  Young, Arissa ^a   Weltzien, Erin ^a   Kwan, Marilyn ^a   Castillo, Adrienne ^a   Caan, Bette ^a   Kroenke, Candyce H ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Functional limitations; Functional status; Weight change

Indexed keywords

AGED; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST TUMOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVOR;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84936769291     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-014-0356-4     Document Type: Article

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