Commentary: Weight gain, weight loss, and endometrial cancer

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 166-168

  Webb, Penelope M ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

CANCER; WEIGHT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ESTROGEN THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NOTE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROGESTERONE; RISK;

EID: 32144441470     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi301     Document Type: Note

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