Journal article
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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- Journal:
- Lancet Oncology
- Volume:
- 12
- Issue:
- 8
- Pages:
- 785-794
- Publication date:
- 2011-08-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1474-5488
- ISSN:
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1470-2045
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- Language:
- English
- Pubs id:
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pubs:172476
- UUID:
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uuid:11962c74-f2d9-4f59-896b-0dfb97d8db59
- Local pid:
- pubs:172476
- Source identifiers:
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172476
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2011
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