Overweight, obesity and risk of haematological malignancies: A cohort study of Swedish and Finnish twins

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1232-1238

  Söderberg, Karin C ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^b,c   Verkasalo, Pia K ^c   Pukkala, Eero ^d   Koskenvuo, Markku ^b   Lundqvist, Ellen ^a   Feychting, Maria ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Leukaemia; Lymphoma; Myeloma; Obesity; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; TWINS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 64049114104     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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