Diet, body size, physical activity, and the risk of endometrial cancer

Cancer Research

Volumn 57, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 5077-5085

  Goodman, Marc T ^a   Hankin, Jean H ^a   Wilkens, Lynne R ^a   Lyu, Li Ching ^a   McDuffie, Katharine ^a   Liu, Lucy Q ^a   Kolonel, Laurence N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIETARY FATS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 0030710144     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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