Birth size in relation to age at menarche and adolescent body size: Implications for breast cancer risk

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 400-403

  Romundstad, Pål R ^a   Vatten, Lars J ^a,c   Nilsen, Tom I Lund ^a   Holmen, Turid Lingaas ^a   Hsieh, Chung Cheng ^b   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^b   Stuver, Sherri O ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Armauer Hansen Building ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Age at menarche; Birth length; Birth weight; Body height; Breast cancer risk; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038219814     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11103     Document Type: Article

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