Measured body mass index in adolescence and the incidence of colorectal cancer in a cohort of 1.1 million males

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2524-2531

  Levi, Zohar ^a,b,c   Kark, Jeremy D ^d   Barchana, Micha ^e   Liphshitz, Irena ^e   Zavdi, Ofir ^a,d   Tzur, Dorit ^a   Derazne, Estela ^a   Furman, Moshe ^a,b   Niv, Yaron ^b,c   Gordon, Barak ^a   Afek, Arnon ^a,c,f   Shamiss, Ari ^c,f  

^a Medical Corps   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e National Cancer Registry   (Israel)

^f SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83055178110     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-11-0531     Document Type: Article

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