Prevalence of endometrial cancer and hyperplasia in non-symptomatic overweight and obese women

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-213

  Viola, Alexandre S ^b   Gouveia, Daniela ^c   Andrade, Liliana ^b   Aldrighi, Jose M ^c   Viola, Carolina F M ^b   Bahamondes, Luis ^a,b  

^a Universidade Estadual de Campinas ^*  (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cancer; Endometrium; Hyperplasia; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MORBID OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 41149152249     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2008.00845.x     Document Type: Article

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