Estimating the number of U.S. incident cancers attributable to obesity and the impact on temporal trends in incidence rates for obesity-related cancers

Cancer Detection and Prevention

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 190-199

  Polednak, Anthony P ^a  

^a Connecticut Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Age standardized incidence rates; Attributable risk; Body mass index; Cancer; Cancer mortality; Cancer survival rate; Obesity estimated relative risk; US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LIVER CANCER; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52949130217     PISSN: 0361090X     EISSN: 15251500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cdp.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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