Population-Attributable Causes of Cancer in Korea: Obesity and Physical Inactivity

Sohee Park; Yeonju Kim; Hai-Rim Shin; Boram Lee; Aesun Shin; Kyu-Won Jung; Sun Ha Jee; Dong Hyun Kim; Young Ho Yun; Sue Kyung Park; Mathieu Boniol; Paolo Boffetta

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090871

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Population-Attributable Causes of Cancer in Korea: Obesity and Physical Inactivity

Sohee Park ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sohee Park, Yeonju Kim

Current address: Department of Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.

Affiliation Division of Cancer Registration and Surveillance, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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Yeonju Kim ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sohee Park, Yeonju Kim

Current address: University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Manoa, Hawaii, United States of America.

Affiliation Division of Cancer Early Detection, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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Hai-Rim Shin ,

* E-mail: Shinh@wpro.who.int

Affiliations Division of Cancer Registration and Surveillance, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea, Western Pacific Regional Office, World Health Organization, Manila, the Philippines
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Boram Lee,

Affiliation Division of Cancer Registration and Surveillance, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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Aesun Shin,

Affiliation Division of Cancer Registration and Surveillance, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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Kyu-Won Jung,

Affiliation Division of Cancer Registration and Surveillance, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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Sun Ha Jee,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Institute for Health Promotion, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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Dong Hyun Kim,

Affiliation Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea
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Young Ho Yun,

Affiliation College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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Sue Kyung Park,

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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Mathieu Boniol,

Affiliation International Prevention Research Institute, Lyon, France
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Paolo Boffetta

Affiliations International Prevention Research Institute, Lyon, France, The Tisch Cancer Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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Population-Attributable Causes of Cancer in Korea: Obesity and Physical Inactivity

Sohee Park,
Yeonju Kim,
Hai-Rim Shin,
Boram Lee,
Aesun Shin,
Kyu-Won Jung,
Sun Ha Jee,
Dong Hyun Kim,
Young Ho Yun,
Sue Kyung Park

Published: April 10, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090871

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