Overweight, obesity and cancer: epidemiological evidence and proposed mechanisms.

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Published in Nat Rev Cancer on August 01, 2004

Authors

Eugenia E Calle1, Rudolf Kaaks

Author Affiliations

1: American Cancer Society, 1599 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30306, USA. Jeanne.Calle@cancer.org

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