High rates of endometrial cancer among Pacific women in New Zealand: The role of diabetes, physical inactivity, and obesity

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 875-885

  Meredith, Ineke ^a   Sarfati, Diana ^a   Ikeda, Takayoshi ^a   Atkinson, June ^a   Blakely, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Endometrial cancer; Obesity; Pacific; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; POPULATION GROUPS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84862507315     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-012-9956-3     Document Type: Article

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