Obesity, weight gain, large weight changes, and adenomatous polyps of the left colon and rectum

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 670-680

  Bird, Cristy L ^a,c   Frankl, Harold D ^b   Lee, Eric R ^b   Haile, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenomatous polyps; Body mass index; Colorectal neoplasms; Obesity; Weight gain; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON POLYP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RECTUM POLYP; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0032054026     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009508     Document Type: Article

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