Racial and ethnic disparities in the impact of obesity on breast cancer risk and survival: A global perspective

Advances in Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 803-819

  Bandera, Elisa V ^a,b   Maskarinec, Gertraud ^c   Romieu, Isabelle ^d   John, Esther M ^e,f  

^a RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^e CANCER PREVENTION INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f STANFORD CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; African American; Asian; Breast cancer; Central adiposity; Ethnicity; Hispanics; Obesity; Subtypes; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPLICATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953296966     PISSN: 21618313     EISSN: 21565376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/an.115.009647     Document Type: Review

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