Obesity and overweight in relation to organ-specific cancer mortality in London (UK): Findings from the original Whitehall study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1267-1274

  Batty, G D ^a,b   Shipley, M J ^c   Jarrett, R J ^d   Breeze, E ^c   Marmot, M G ^c   Smith, G Davey ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Bristol ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cohort study; Overweight; Whitehall

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LIVER CARCINOMA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 29844444501     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803020     Document Type: Article

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