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Anthropometry and breast cancer risk in Nigerian women.

The breast journal - 1 Jan 2000

Okobia Michael N, Bunker Clareann H, Zmuda Joseph M, Osime Usifo, Ezeome Emmanuel R, Anyanwu Stanley N C, Uche Emmanuel E O, Ojukwu Joseph, Kuller Lewis H

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The recent upsurge in global obesity and the recognition of the role of metabolic syndrome and other correlates of obesity in the etiology of breast cancer and other chronic diseases has created the impetus for renewed interest in the role of anthropometric measures in breast cancer risk. This case-control study was designed to evaluate the role of anthropometric variables in breast cancer susceptibility in an...

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PMID: 16958966
DOI: 10.1111/j.1075-122X.2006.00304.x

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