Body Fatness and Cancer — Viewpoint of the IARC Working Group

Secretan et al. (Wed,) studied this question.

www.synapsesocial.com/papers/69c9f2b0937a4bbd1a83b1fe — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmsr1606602

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