Prostate cancer and body size at different ages: An Italian multicentre case-control study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2176-2180

  Dal Maso, L ^a   Zucchetto, A ^a   La Vecchia, C ^b,c   Montella, M ^d   Conti, E ^e   Canzonieri, V ^a   Talamini, R ^a   Tavani, A ^b   Negri, E ^b   Garbeglio, A ^f   Franceschi, S ^g  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e Serv Integrato Epidemiologia S   (Italy)

^f Laboratorio Analisi   (Italy)

^g INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Case control study; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; ITALY; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 3042699006     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601859     Document Type: Article

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