Body-Mass Index and Mortality among 1.46 Million White Adults

Abstract

In October, 2009, 30 scientists from 10 countries met at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) to reassess the carcinogenicity of tobacco, areca nut, alcohol, coal smoke, and salt-preserved fish, and to identify additional tumour sites ( table ) and mechanisms of carcinogenesis. These assessments will be published as part E of Volume 100 of the I ARC Monographs. 1Tobacco smokin ...