Birth weight, adult height, and testicular cancer: Cohort study of 337,249 Swedish young men

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 595-598

  Rasmussen, Finn ^a,c   Gunnell, David ^b   Ekbom, Anders ^c   Hallqvist, Johan ^a   Tynelius, Per ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Canynge Hall ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adult height; Birth weight; Body mass index; Cohort study; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETUS GROWTH; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; TESTIS CANCER;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEMINOMA; SWEDEN; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0042232580     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024860826830     Document Type: Article

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