Body size and colorectal-cancer risk

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-165

  Russo, Antonio ^a   Franceschi, Silvia ^a   La Vecchia, Carlo ^b,c   Maso, Luigino Dal ^a   Montella, Maurizio ^d   Conti, Ettore ^e   Giacosa, Attilio ^f   Falcini, Fabio ^g   Negri, Eva ^b  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^g MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031681334     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19981005)78:2<161::AID-IJC7>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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