Body size in different periods of life and breast cancer risk in post‐menopausal women
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Summary
The findings have important implications, suggesting weight preservation as a means for prevention of post‐menopausal breast cancer as well as a causal role of childhood body build in breast cancer etiology.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 1998-03-30
- Cited by
- 250
- References
- 22
- Access
- Open access
- OpenAlex
- https://openalex.org/W2011739472
- Semantic Scholar
- https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:24900836
Keywords
Breast cancer, Medicine, Odds ratio, Body mass index, Menopause
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