Prospective study of body fat distribution and the risk of endometrial cancer

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 567-570

  Ju, Woong ^a,b   Kim, Hyun Ja ^c   Hankinson, Susan E ^d,e,f   De Vivo, Immaculata ^d,e   Cho, Eunyoung ^d,g,h  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^g BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fat distribution; Endometrial cancer; Prospective cohort study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; AGED; COMPLICATION; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84938744270     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2015.05.003     Document Type: Article

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