Anthropometry and esophageal cancer risk in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2079-2089

  Steffen, Annika ^a   Schulze, Matthias B ^a,b   Pischon, Tobias ^a   Dietrich, Thomas ^c   Molina, Esther ^d,e   Chirlaque, Maria Dolores ^e,f   Barricarte, Aurelio ^e,g   Amiano, Pilar ^e,h   Quirós, J Ramón ^e,i   Tumino, Rosario ^j   Mattiello, Amalia ^k   Palli, Domenico ^l   Vineis, Paolo ^m,n   Agnoli, Claudia ^o   Misirli, Gesthimani ^p   Boffetta, Paolo ^q   Kaaks, Rudolf ^r   Rohrmann, Sabine ^r   Bueno de Mesquita, H Bas ^s   Peeters, Petra H M ^t   May, Anne M ^s,t   Spencer, Elizabeth A ^u   Allen, Naomi E ^u   Bingham, Sheila ^v   Tjønneland, Anne ^w   Halkjær, Jytte ^w   Overvad, Kim ^x   Stegger, Jakob ^x   Manjer, Jonas ^y   Lindkvist, Björn ^z   Hallmanns, Göran ^aa   Stenling, Roger ^aa   Lund, Eiliv ^ab   Riboli, Elio ^m   Gonzalez, Carlos A ^ac   Boeing, Heiner ^a   more..

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^e CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^f DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Spain)

^g INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE NAVARRA   (Spain)

^h Basque Government   (Spain)

ⁱ Public Health and Health Planning Directorate   (Spain)

^j CIVILE M P AREZZO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^l CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^m IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^o NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^q INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^r GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^s NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^t UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^u UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^v MRC Centre for Nutritional Epidemiology in Cancer Prevention and Survival   (United Kingdom)

^w INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^x AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^y LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^z SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^aa UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^ac BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 67650541572     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-0265     Document Type: Article

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