Body size and colorectal cancer risk after 16.3 years of follow-up: An analysis from the Netherlands cohort study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 174, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1127-1139

  Hughes, Laura A E ^a   Simons, Colinda C J M ^a   Van Den Brandt, Piet A ^a   Goldbohm, R Alexandra ^b   Van Engeland, Manon ^a   Weijenberg, Matty P ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

body height; body mass index; cohort studies; colonic neoplasms; rectal neoplasms; waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AGE CLASS; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; HEIGHT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMOR; WEIGHT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON TUMOR; COLORECTAL CANCER; DESCENDING COLON; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECTUM TUMOR; SELF REPORT;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ENERGY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 80655144782     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr247     Document Type: Article

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