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Height and cancer incidence in the Million Women Study: prospective cohort, and meta-analysis of prospective studies of height and total cancer risk

BACKGROUND: Epidemiological studies have shown that taller people are at increased risk of cancer, but it is unclear if height-associated risks vary by cancer site, or by other factors such as smoking and socioeconomic status. Our aim was to investigate these associations in a large UK prospective c...

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Autores principales: Green, Jane, Cairns, Benjamin J, Casabonne, Delphine, Wright, F Lucy, Reeves, Gillian, Beral, Valerie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lancet Pub. Group 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3148429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21782509
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(11)70154-1