Body mass index and colon cancer mortality in a large prospective study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 152, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 847-854

  Murphy, Terrell K ^a   Calle, Eugenia E ^a   Rodriguez, Carmen ^a   Kahn, Henry S ^a   Thun, Michael J ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cohort studies; Colonic neoplasms; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034331208     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/152.9.847     Document Type: Article

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