Association of body mass index and height with risk of prostate cancer among middle-aged Japanese men

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 740-742

  Kurahashi, N ^a   Iwasaki, M ^a   Sasazuki, S ^a   Otani, T ^a   Inoue, M ^a   Tsugane, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body height; Body mass index; Prospective study; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33644845898     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602983     Document Type: Article

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