Sex differences in the association of obesity and colorectal cancer risk

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-4

  Kim, Hanseul ^a   Giovannucci, Edward L ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Colorectal cancer; Female; Male; Obesity

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INSULIN RELEASE; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; BODY WEIGHT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; MALE; RISK; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; RISK; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84996593735     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-016-0831-5     Document Type: Article

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