Adult height and incidence of cancer in male physicians (United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 591-597

  Hebert, Patricia R ^a,b   Ajani, Umed ^a   Cook, Nancy R ^a,c   Lee, I Min ^a,d   Chan, Ki Sau ^a   Hennekens, Charles H ^a,c,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer incidence; Height; Men; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0030757126     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018442329319     Document Type: Review

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