Association between body mass and adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and gastric cardia

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 883-890

  Lagergren, Jesper ^a   Bergström, Reinhold ^b   Nyrén, Olof ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA;

EID: 0033004093     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-130-11-199906010-00003     Document Type: Article

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