Body size and breast cancer risk: findings from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer And Nutrition (EPIC).

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Published in Int J Cancer on September 20, 2004

Authors

Petra H Lahmann1, Kurt Hoffmann, Naomi Allen, Carla H van Gils, Kay-Tee Khaw, Bertrand Tehard, Franco Berrino, Anne Tjønneland, Janne Bigaard, Anja Olsen, Kim Overvad, Françoise Clavel-Chapelon, Gabriele Nagel, Heiner Boeing, Dimitrios Trichopoulos, George Economou, George Bellos, Domenico Palli, Rosario Tumino, Salvatore Panico, Carlotta Sacerdote, Vittorio Krogh, Petra H M Peeters, H Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Eiliv Lund, Eva Ardanaz, Pilar Amiano, Guillem Pera, José R Quirós, Carmen Martínez, María J Tormo, Elisabet Wirfält, Göran Berglund, Göran Hallmans, Timothy J Key, Gillian Reeves, Sheila Bingham, Teresa Norat, Carine Biessy, Rudolf Kaaks, Elio Riboli

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Germany. lahmann@mail.dife.de

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