Adult height in relation to mortality from 14 cancer sites in men in London (UK): Evidence from the original Whitehall study

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 157-166

  Batty, G David ^a   Shipley, M J ^b   Langenberg, C ^b   Marmot, M G ^b   Davey Smith, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cohort study; Height; Whitehall

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CANCER; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 29844437656     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdj018     Document Type: Article

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