Body size across the life course and risk of premenopausal and postmenopausal breast cancer in Black women, the Carolina Breast Cancer Study, 1993–2001

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1101-1117

  Robinson, Whitney R ^a,b,c   Tse, Chiu Kit ^a   Olshan, Andrew F ^a,c   Troester, Melissa A ^a,c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Anthropometry; BMI; Breast cancer; Life course; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939884934     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-014-0411-5     Document Type: Article

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