Adiposity, physical activity, and pancreatic cancer in the National Institutes of Health-AARP diet and health cohort

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 586-597

  Stolzenberg Solomon, Rachael Z ^a,d   Adams, Kenneth ^a   Leitzmann, Michael ^a   Schairer, Catherine ^a   Michaud, Dominique S ^b   Hollenbeck, Albert ^c   Schatzkin, Arthur ^a   Silverman, Debra T ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c AARP   (United States)

^d AARP ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Adiposity; Body mass index; Cohort studies; Exercise; Pancreatic neoplasms; Smoking; Waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BODY MASS; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISORDER; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PANCREAS CANCER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); OBESITY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40049112404     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm361     Document Type: Article

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