While BMI may be a convenient method to estimate body fat, it is not an exact way to determine whole body fat levels, as muscle mass and bone density cannot be distinguished from fat mass," said Thomas Rohan, MBBS, PhD, DHSc, professor and chair, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health at
It's likely men and premenopausal women show a similar link between height and cancer risk, said senior author Thomas Rohan, a professor of epidemiology and population health at Yeshiva University in New York.
Date: Jul 25, 2013
Category: Health
Source: Google
World Trade Center-Exposed NYC Firefighters Face Increased Cancer Risk
were Rachel Zeig-Owens, M.P.H.; Mayris P Webber, Dr.PH.; Charles Hall, Ph.D.; Theresa Schwartz, M.S.; Nadia Jaber, R.P.A.-C; Jessica Weakley, M.P.H.; Thomas Rohan, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.; Hillel Cohen, Dr.PH.; Olga Derman, M.D.; Thomas Aldrich, M.D. and Kerry Kelly, M.D. This study was funded by NIOSH.