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Body-mass index and risk of 22 specific cancers: a population-based cohort study of 5·24 million UK adults

General Info

Geography 
United Kingdom (GBR)
Time period covered 
January, 1989 - December, 2010
Data type
Scientific literature
Keywords 
Body mass index, Brain and nervous system cancers, Breast cancer, Cancers, Cervix uteri cancer, Colon and rectum cancers, Corpus uteri cancer, Gallbladder and biliary tract cancers, Kidney and other urinary organ cancers, Leukemia, Liver cancer, Melanoma, Mouth cancer, Multiple myeloma, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Obesity, Oesophagus cancer, Ovary cancer, Pancreas cancer, Prostate cancer, Stomach cancer, Thyroid cancer, Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers

Citation

Authors 
Bhaskaran K, Douglas I, Forbes H, dos-Santos-Silva I, Leon DA, Smeeth L
Journal 
Lancet
Pages 
755-65
Publication year 
2014
Suggested citation 
Bhaskaran K, Douglas I, Forbes H, dos-Santos-Silva I, Leon DA, Smeeth L. Body-mass index and risk of 22 specific cancers: a population-based cohort study of 5·24 million UK adults. Lancet. 2014; 384(9945): 755-65.

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