Journal of Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 748367, 11 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/748367
Research Article

Weight History, Smoking, Physical Activity and Breast Cancer Risk among French-Canadian Women Non-Carriers of More Frequent BRCA1/2 Mutations

Vishnee Bissonauth,1,2 Bryna Shatenstein,1,3 Eve Fafard,2 Christine Maugard,4 André Robidoux,5 Steven Narod,6 and Parviz Ghadirian1,2

1Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
2Unité de recherche en épidémiologie, Centre de recherche, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)-Hôtel-Dieu, Montreal, QC, Canada
3Centre de recherche, Institut Universitaire de Geriatrie de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
4Service de Médecine Génique, Département de Médecine, Centre de Recherche du CHUM, Université de Montréal, QC, Canada
5Département de Chirurgie, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)-Hôtel-Dieu, Montreal, QC, Canada
6Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Received 16 September 2008; Revised 26 January 2009; Accepted 26 February 2009

Academic Editor: Paolo Boffetta

Copyright © 2009 Vishnee Bissonauth et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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