Body mass index and colorectal hyperplastic polyps

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 280-

  Lai, Shih Wei ^a,b   Liao, Kuan Fu ^c,d,e  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL POLYP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

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

EID: 84873553164     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2012.376     Document Type: Letter

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