The impact of BMI on subgroups of uterine cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 534-536

  Lindemann, K ^a   Vatten, L J ^b   Ellstrom Engh M ^a   Eskild, A ^a,c  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

BMI; Endometrial cancer; Endometrioid adenocarcinoma; Epidemiology; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 68149099861     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605158     Document Type: Article

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