Impact of body mass index on cancer development

Journal of B.U.ON.

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-59

  Yumuk, Perran Fulden ^a,c   Dane, F ^a   Yumuk, V D ^b   Yazici, D ^a   Ege, B ^a   Bekiroglu, N ^a   Toprak, A ^a   Iyikesici, S ^a   Basaran, G ^a   Turhal, N S ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Breast cancer; Malignant neoplasms; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OBESITY; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 41549148230     PISSN: 11070625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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