Editorial: Body mass index and colorectal adenomas

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1185-1188

  Anderson, Joseph C ^a  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; DATA ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; ADENOMA; COLORECTAL TUMOR; NOTE;

ADENOMA; BODY MASS INDEX; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 84864580507     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2012.182     Document Type: Review

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