Effects of excess weight on cancer incidences depending on cancer sites and histologic findings among men: Korea National Health Insurance Corporation study

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 4742-4754

  Oh, Sang Woo ^a   Yoon, Yeong Sook ^a   Shin, Soon Ae ^a  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OBESITY; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; KOREA; NEOPLASM; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 23044436284     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.11.726     Document Type: Article

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