Anthropometric factors in relation to risk of glioma

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1025-1031

  Little, Rebecca B ^a   Madden, Melissa H ^b   Thompson, Reid C ^c   Olson, Jeffrey J ^d   LaRocca, Renato V ^e   Pan, Edward ^b   Browning, James E ^b   Egan, Kathleen M ^b   Nabors, L Burton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Norton Cancer Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometrics; BMI; Epidemiology; Glioblastoma; Glioma; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNDERWEIGHT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84892826486     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-013-0178-0     Document Type: Article

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