Obesity and the risk of pancreatic cancer: An Italian multicenter study

Pancreas

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 221-224

  Pezzilli, Raffaele ^a   Morselli Labate, Antonio Maria ^a   Migliori, Marina ^a   Manca, Marco ^a   Bastagli, Luciana ^a   Gullo, Lucio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiological studies; Pancreatic cancer; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 25844483042     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpa.0000175163.42327.91     Document Type: Article

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