Pregnancy hormone concentrations across ethnic groups: Implications for later cancer risk

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1514-1520

  Potischman, Nancy ^a   Troisi, Rebecca ^a   Thadhani, Ravi ^b   Hoover, Robert N ^a   Dodd, Kevin ^a   Davis, William W ^a   Sluss, Patrick M ^b   Hsieh, Chung Cheng ^c   Ballard Barbash, Rachel ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRONE BLOOD LEVEL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROSTATE CANCER; TESTIS CANCER; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANDROSTENEDIONE; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROGESTERONE; RISK FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 20444401545     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0869     Document Type: Article

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