Body mass index and the risk of cancers of the gastric cardia and distal stomach in Shanghai, China

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 481-485

  Ji, Bu Tian ^a,b,c   Chow, Wong Ho ^c   Yang, Gong ^d   McLaughlin, Joseph K ^e   Gao, Ru Nie ^b,f   Zheng, Wei ^b,g   Shu, Xiao Ou ^b,h   Jin, Fan ^b   Fraumeni Jr , Joseph F ^c   Gao, Yu Tang ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ZHEJIANG CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^e INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f HEALTH STATISTICS DIVISION   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CARDIA CARCINOMA; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIA; CAUSALITY; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SEX FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 16944363556     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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