Obesity and thyroid cancer risk among U.S. men and women: a pooled analysis of five prospective studies.

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Published in Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev on January 25, 2011

Authors

Cari M Kitahara1, Elizabeth A Platz, Laura E Beane Freeman, Ann W Hsing, Martha S Linet, Yikyung Park, Catherine Schairer, Arthur Schatzkin, James M Shikany, Amy Berrington de González

Author Affiliations

1: Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Rockville, MD 20852, USA. kitaharac@mail.nih.gov

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