Prospective study of body size throughout the life-course and the incidence of endometrial cancer among premenopausal and postmenopausal women

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 625-637

  Dougan, Marcelle M ^a   Hankinson, Susan E ^a,b,c   Vivo, Immaculata De ^a,c   Tworoger, Shelley S ^a,c   Glynn, Robert J ^a,c   Michels, Karin B ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

body fatness; body mass index; endometrial cancer risk; pictogram; somatotype; weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; WEIGHT CHANGE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CHILD; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; INCIDENCE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929510700     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.29427     Document Type: Article

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