Body fat distribution and risk of premenopausal breast cancer in the Nurses' Health Study II.

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Published in J Natl Cancer Inst on December 16, 2010

Authors

Holly R Harris1, Walter C Willett, Kathryn L Terry, Karin B Michels

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

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