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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

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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 cohort with sufficient information on incident cancer to allow direct comparison of height-associated risk across cancer sites and in relation to major potential confounding and modifying factors. M...

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University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Sub department:
Cancer Epidemiology Unit
Role:
Author
Journal:
Lancet Oncology
Volume:
12
Issue:
8
Pages:
785-794
Publication date:
2011-08-01
DOI:
EISSN:
1474-5488
ISSN:
1470-2045
Language:
English
Pubs id:
pubs:172476
UUID:
uuid:11962c74-f2d9-4f59-896b-0dfb97d8db59
Local pid:
pubs:172476
Source identifiers:
172476
Deposit date:
2012-12-19

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