High birth weight and risk of specific childhood cancers: A report from the Children's Cancer Group

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 671-677

  Yeazel, M W ^a   Ross, J A ^a   Buckley, J D ^a   Woods, W G ^a   Ruccione, K ^a   Robison, L L ^a  

^a Children's Can Grp Operations Ctr   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

EID: 0030732578     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(97)70091-X     Document Type: Article

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