Height and body mass index and risk of lymphohematopoietic malignancies in two million Norwegian men and women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 44-52

  Engeland, Anders ^a,b   Tretli, Steinar ^c   Hansen, Svein ^c   Bjørge, Tone ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Body height; Body mass index; Hematologic neoplasms; Leukemia; Lymphoma; Multiple myeloma; Norway; Risk

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; BODY MASS; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEIGHT; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM TUMOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33845885799     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj353     Document Type: Article

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