Obesity, hypertension, and the risk of kidney cancer in men

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 343, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 1305-1311

  Chow, Wong Ho ^a   Gridley, Gloria ^a   Fraumeni, Joseph F ^a   Järvholm, Bengt ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; KIDNEY PELVIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034597647     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200011023431804     Document Type: Article

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