Is obesity a risk factor for prostate cancer, and does it even matter? A hypothesis and different perspective

Urology

Volumn 59, Issue 4 SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 41-50

  Moyad, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ESTROGEN; GLOBULIN; GROWTH FACTOR; HORMONE BINDING PROTEIN; INSULIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE; BODY BUILD; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CARCINOMA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CARCINOMA; COMORBIDITY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROTECTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYMPATHETIC TONE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0036215299     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(01)01175-X     Document Type: Article

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