Metabolic carcinogenesis in the maltese population

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 78-82

  Savona Ventura, C ^a,b   Grima, S ^a   Buttigieg, G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^b NorthWynds ^*  (Malta)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Diabetes; Endometrial cancer; Epidemiology; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALTA; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY FATS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALTA; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 61849183667     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: 14393646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1078732     Document Type: Article

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