Association of body mass index in early adulthood and middle age with future site-specific cancer mortality: The harvard alumni health study

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 754-759

  Gray, L ^a   Lee, I M ^b,c   Sesso, H D ^b,c   Batty, G D ^a,d  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cohort study; Harvard; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOLID TUMOR; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857556150     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdr270     Document Type: Article

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