Cancers attributable to overweight and obesity in the UK in 2010

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 105, Issue , 2011, Pages S34-S37

  Parkin, D M ^a   Boyd, L ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; COLON CANCER; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; MALE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PANCREAS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; UNITED KINGDOM; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; RISK;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK;

EID: 83255181799     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.481     Document Type: Article

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