Birth weight as a risk factor for breast cancer

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9041, 1996, Pages 1542-1546

  Michels, Karin B ^a   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^a   Robins, James M ^a   Rosner, Bernard A ^a,b   Manson, Joann E ^b   Hunter, David J ^a,b   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b   Hankinson, Susan E ^a,b   Speizer, Frank E ^b   Willett, Walter C ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CELL PROLIFERATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 16144365807     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)03102-9     Document Type: Article

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