Obesity and liver cancer mortality in Asia: The Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 469-472

  Batty, G David ^a,b   Barzi, Federica ^b   Huxley, Rachel ^b   Chang, Charissa Y ^c   Jee, Sun Ha ^d,e   Jamrozik, Konrad ^f   Kim, Hyeon Chang ^g   Fang, Xianghua ^h   Lam, Tai H ⁱ   Woodward, Mark ^b,c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c University School of Medicine   (United States)

^d Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^g Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^h CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

BMI; Liver cancer; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; BODY MASS; CANCER MORTALITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 70749141877     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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