Measured Body Mass Index in Adolescence and the Incidence of Colorectal Cancer in a Cohort of 1.1 Million Males
Open Access
- 1 December 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
- Vol. 20 (12), 2524-2531
- https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.epi-11-0531
Abstract
Background and Aims: The increasing prevalence of adolescent obesity affects adult health. We investigated the association of adolescent overweight with colorectal cancer incidence in a large cohort of males.This publication has 33 references indexed in Scilit:
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