Birth size and colorectal cancer risk: A prospective population based study

Gut

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1728-1732

  Nilsen, T I L ^b   Romundstad, P R ^b   Troisi, R ^c   Potischman, N ^c   Vatten, L J ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NORWAY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CEPHALOMETRY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 28144439278     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2004.060475     Document Type: Article

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