Obesity and risk of cancer in postmenopausal Korean Women

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 3395-3402

  Song, Yun Mi ^a   Sung, Joohon ^a   Ha, Mina ^a  

^a Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS CANCER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; INCIDENCE; KOREA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KOREA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 49149094903     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2007.15.7867     Document Type: Article

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