Limited public knowledge of obesity and endometrial cancer risk: What women know

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 835-842

  Soliman, Pamela T ^a   Bassett, Roland L ^b   Wilson, Erik B ^b   Boyd Rogers, Stephanie ^b   Schmeler, Kathleen M ^b   Milam, Michael R ^b   Gershenson, David M ^b   Lu, Karen H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; NOTE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 55449117963     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318187d022     Document Type: Article

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