Height and site-specific cancer risk: A cohort study of a korean adult population

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-64

  Sung, Joohon ^b,c   Song, Yun Mi ^a,f   Lawlor, Debbie A ^d   Smith, George Davey ^d   Ebrahim, Shah ^e  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

body height; Korea; neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; CANCER; GENDER; HEALTH RISK; HEIGHT; INCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVARY CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; SOCIOECONOMICS; THYROID CANCER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 67650046152     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp088     Document Type: Article

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