Epidemiological and molecular mechanisms aspects linking obesity and cancer;Mecanismos epidemiológicos e moleculares que associam obesidade e câncer

Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 213-226

  Osório Costa, Felipe ^a   Rocha, Guilherme Z ^a   Dias, Marília M ^a   Carvalheira, José B C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Insulin resistance; Neoplasms; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649413362     PISSN: 00042730     EISSN: 16779487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27302009000200013     Document Type: Review

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