Obesity and Colorectal Cancer Risk

Gastroenterology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 896-

  Pendyala, Swaroop ^a   Holt, Peter ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; BODY MASS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; LETTER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 39749089407     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.01.024     Document Type: Letter

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