Insulin and endometrial cancer

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 476-482

  Troisi, Rebecca ^a   Potischman, Nancy ^a   Hoover, Robert N ^a   Siiteri, Pentti ^a   Brinton, Louise A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; C peptide; Endometrial neoplasms; Hyperinsulinism; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; INSULIN; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 0030800694     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009301     Document Type: Article

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