Childhood height and body mass index were associated with risk of adult thyroid cancer in a large cohort study

Cancer Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 235-242

  Kitahara, Cari M ^a   Gamborg, Michael ^b   De González, Amy Berrington ^a   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^b,c   Baker, Jennifer L ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^c Capital Region   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; THYROID CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84892762611     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-13-2228     Document Type: Article

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