Cancer and Energy Balance, Epidemiology and Overview

Energy Balance and Cancer, Epidemiology and Overview is the first in a series of monographs to address the multiple facets of the world wide pandemic of overweight and obesity and its relation to cancer. This volume, authored by leading experts in their perspective fields, provides a broad and compr...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Berger, Nathan A. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Series:Energy Balance and Cancer ; 2
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5515-9
Table of Contents:
  • Obesity and Cancer Epidemiology
  • Obesity and Cancer, Epidemiology in Racial/Ethnic Minorities
  • Obesity and Cancer in Asia
  • Genetic Epidemiology of Obesity and Cancer
  • Obesity and Cancer, Overview of Mechanisms
  • Caloric Restriction and Cancer
  • Physical Activity and Cancer
  • Energy Balance, Cancer Prognosis and Survivorship
  • Behavior, Energy Balance and Cancer, Overview
  • Geographic and Contextual Effects on Energy Balance Related Behaviors and Cancer.