Body mass index and risk of adenocarcinomas of the esophagus and gastric cardia

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 150-155

  Chow, Wong Ho ^a,i   Blot, William J ^b   Vaughan, Thomas L ^c   Risch, Harvey A ^d   Gammon, Marilie D ^e   Stanford, Janet L ^c   Dubrow, Robert ^d   Schoenberg, Janet B ^f   Mayne, Susan T ^d   Farrow, Diana C ^c   Ahsan, Habibul ^e   West, A Brian ^d,j   Rotterdam, Heidi ^g   Niwa, Shelley ^h   Fraumeni Jr , Joseph F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^f Applied Cancer Epidemiology Program   (United States)

^g Surgeons of Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^h WESTAT   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARDIA CARCINOMA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; STOMACH CARCINOMA;

EID: 17944386992     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/90.2.150     Document Type: Article

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