Cigarette smoking and endometrial cancer risk: The modifying effect of obesity

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 476-481

  Polesel, Jerry ^a   Serraino, Diego ^a   Zucchetto, Antonella ^a   Lucenteforte, Ersilia ^b   Dal Maso, Luigino ^a   Levi, Fabio ^e   Negri, Eva ^b   Montella, Maurizio ^d   Franceschi, Silvia ^f   Talamini, Renato ^a   La Vecchia, Carlo ^b,c  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^f INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Case control study; Cigarette smoking; Endometrial cancer; Obesity; Reproductive factors

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OBESITY; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349795924     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e32832f9bc4     Document Type: Article

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