Body-mass index and cancer mortality in the Asia-Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration: pooled analys...
Body-mass index and cancer mortality in the Asia-Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration: pooled analyses of 424 519 participants
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Parr, Christine L, Dr , Batty, G David, PhD , Lam, Tai Hing, Prof , Barzi, Federica, PhD , Fang, Xianghua, MD , Ho, Suzanne C, Prof , Jee, Sun Ha, Prof , Ansary-Moghaddam, Alireza, PhD , Jamrozik, Konrad, Prof , Ueshima, Hirotsugu, Prof , Woodward, Mark, Prof , Huxley, Rachel R, PhD , on behalf of the Asia-Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration and Asia-Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration
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England: Elsevier Ltd
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Summary Background Excess bodyweight is an established risk factor for several types of cancer, but there are sparse data from Asian populations, where the proportion of overweight and obese individuals is increasing rapidly and adiposity can be substantially greater for the same body-mass index (BMI) compared with people from Western populations....
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Body-mass index and cancer mortality in the Asia-Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration: pooled analyses of 424 519 participants
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Batty, G David, PhD
Lam, Tai Hing, Prof
Barzi, Federica, PhD
Fang, Xianghua, MD
Ho, Suzanne C, Prof
Jee, Sun Ha, Prof
Ansary-Moghaddam, Alireza, PhD
Jamrozik, Konrad, Prof
Ueshima, Hirotsugu, Prof
Woodward, Mark, Prof
Huxley, Rachel R, PhD
on behalf of the Asia-Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration
Asia-Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_748956026
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_748956026
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1470-2045
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1474-5488
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10.1016/S1470-2045(10)70141-8
