Obesity and thyroid cancer risk among U.S. men and women: A pooled analysis of five prospective studies

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 464-472

  Kitahara, Cari M ^a,b   Platz, Elizabeth A ^b   Beane Freeman, Laura E ^a   Hsing, Ann W ^a   Linet, Martha S ^a   Park, Yikyung ^a   Schairer, Catherine ^a   Schatzkin, Arthur ^a   Shikany, James M ^c   De González, Amy Berrington ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; RISK MANAGEMENT; THYROID CANCER; UNITED STATES;

BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955781856     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-1220     Document Type: Article

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