Retrospective analysis of birth weight and prostate cancer in the health professionals follow-up study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1140-1144

  Platz, Elizabith A ^a   Giovannucci, Edward ^a,b   Rimm, Eric B ^a,b   Curhan, Gary C ^a,b,c,d   Spiegelman, Donna ^a   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b   Willet, Walter C ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Cohort studies; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; HORMONAL CARCINOGENESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032526113     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009412     Document Type: Article

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