In-utero and early life exposures in relation to risk of breast cancer

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 561-573

  Potischman, Nancy ^a,b   Troisi, Rebecca ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Breast cancer; Breast fed; Epidemiology; Maternal age; Preeclampsia; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; NAUSEA; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREECLAMPSIA; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032737097     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008955110868     Document Type: Article

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