Relation of body mass index to cancer risk in 362,552 Swedish men
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- 1 September 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cancer Causes & Control
- Vol. 17 (7) , 901-909
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-006-0023-9
Abstract
Obesity has been linked with increased risk for cancers of the colon, kidney, breast, endometrium and gallbladder. For other cancer sites, the relationship with obesity is less well quantified, and the effect of weight change on cancer risk is unclear.Keywords
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