Interpreting the epidemiological evidence linking obesity and cancer: A framework for population-attributable risk estimations in Europe

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2581-2592

  Renehan, Andrew G ^a   Soerjomataram, Isabelle ^b   Leitzmann, Michael F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cancer prevention; Cancer risk; Population attributable risk

Indexed keywords

ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; EUROPE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MENOPAUSE; OBESITY; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADIPOSITY; BODY MASS INDEX; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 77956634668     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.07.052     Document Type: Article

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