## Abstract The relationship between two measures of excess body weight, body mass index (BMI) and body size score, and risk of pancreatic cancer was examined among 574 pancreatic cancer cases and 596 frequencyβmatched controls from the Czech Republic and Slovakia enrolled between 2004 and 2009. An
Young adulthood body mass index and risk of cancer in later adulthood: historical cohort study
β Scribed by Anya Burton; Richard Martin; Bruna Galobardes; George Davey Smith; Mona Jeffreys
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 195 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0957-5243
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