Re: "Obesity and hormone-dependent tumors: Cohort and co-twin control studies based on the Swedish twin registry" [1]

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 785-

  Rohrmann, Sabine ^a   Fallin, M Daniele ^a   Page, William F ^b   Reed, Terry ^c   Partin, Alan W ^d   Walsh, Patrick C ^d   Platz, Elizabeth A ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TWINS; ZYGOSITY;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, HORMONE-DEPENDENT; OBESITY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 30444434564     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21395     Document Type: Letter

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