Breast cancer risk and the interaction between adolescent body size and weight gain in later life: A case-control study

Background: While the breast cancer risk associated with increasing adult BMI in postmenopausal women can be explained by increases in concentrations of endogenous estrogens the biologic mechanisms behind the inverse association between adolescent BMI and breast cancer risk are still a subject of co...

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Main Authors: Florath, I., Sarink, D., Saunders, C., Heyworth, J., Fritschi, Lin
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51131