Long-term overweight and weight gain in early adulthood in association with risk of endometrial cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1237-1243

  Lu, Lingeng ^a   Risch, Harvey ^a   Irwin, Melinda L ^a   Mayne, Susan T ^a   Cartmel, Brenda ^a   Schwartz, Peter ^a   Rutherford, Thomas ^a   Yu, Herbert ^a,b  

^a YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

body mass index; case control study; early adulthood; endometrial cancer; epidemiology; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959712499     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.26046     Document Type: Article

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