Co-twin control and cohort analyses of body mass index and height in relation to breast, prostate, ovarian, corpus uteri, colon and rectal cancer among Swedish and Finnish twins

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 810-818

  Lundqvist, Ellen ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^b,c   Verkasalo, Pia K ^c   Pukkala, Eero ^d   Koskenvuo, Markku ^b   Söderberg, Karin C ^a   Feychting, Maria ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body mass index; Neoplasm; Twin cohort

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; SWEDEN; TWINS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK; SWEDEN; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34547103977     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22746     Document Type: Article

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