Obesity as a risk factor for colorectal polyps in Japanese patients [5]

Gut

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 156-

  Tashiro, M ^a   Akiyama, T ^a   Yoshikawa, I ^a   Kume, K ^a   Otsuki, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; OBESITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM POLYP; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPS; ADULT; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0347722489     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.53.1.156     Document Type: Letter

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