Birth weight and risk of breast cancer in a cohort of 106,504 women

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 997-1000

  Ahlgren, Martin ^a   Sørensen, Thorkild ^b   Wohlfahrt, Jan ^a   Haflidadóttir, Ágústa ^b   Holst, Claus ^b   Melbye, Mads ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Breast cancer; Cohort; Epidemiology; Oestrogen; Prenatal factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK;

EID: 0344445414     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11481     Document Type: Article

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