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Smoking, obesity and the risk of pituitary adenoma: a large prospective cohort study (The HUNT Study)

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Acknowledgments

The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (The HUNT Study) is a collaboration between HUNT Research Centre (Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU), Nord-Trøndelag County Council, Central Norway Health Authority, and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. The study has used data from the Cancer Registry of Norway. The interpretation and reporting of these data are the sole responsibility of the authors, and no endorsement by the Cancer Registry of Norway is intended nor should be inferred.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Oslo University Hospital, Ulleval, 0450, Oslo, Norway

    Markus Wiedmann & Eirik Helseth

  2. Unit of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Oslo University Hospital, 0450, Oslo, Norway

    Cathrine Brunborg

  3. Department of Gynecological Cancer, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, 0379, Oslo, Norway

    Kristina Lindemann

  4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Akershus University Hospital, 1478, Lørenskog, Norway

    Kristina Lindemann

  5. The Cancer Registry of Norway, 0369, Oslo, Norway

    Tom Børge Johannesen

  6. Department of Public Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491, Trondheim, Norway

    Lars Vatten

  7. FORMI and Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Ulleval, 0450, Oslo, Norway

    John Anker Zwart

  8. Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, 0316, Oslo, Norway

    Eirik Helseth & John Anker Zwart

  9. Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University, 2 Technology Place, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia

    Markus Wiedmann

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Wiedmann, M., Brunborg, C., Lindemann, K. et al. Smoking, obesity and the risk of pituitary adenoma: a large prospective cohort study (The HUNT Study). Eur J Epidemiol 31, 95–98 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-015-0033-6

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