Is risk of testicular cancer related to body size?

European Urology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 564-569

  Dieckmann, Klaus Peter ^a   Pichlmeier, Uwe ^b  

^a ALBERTINEN KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult height; Anthropometric measures; Body mass index; Testicular neoplasm

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; TESTIS CANCER; BODY CONSTITUTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TESTIS TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY CONSTITUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036901229     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0302-2838(02)00467-0     Document Type: Article

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