Height and body mass index in relation to cancer of the small intestine in two million Norwegian men and women

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 807-810

  Bjorge T ^a   Tretli, S ^b   Engeland, A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cancer of the small intestine; Cohort study; Norway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE CANCER;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; NORWAY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 27144481588     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602789     Document Type: Article

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