A possible link between prenatal exposure to famine and breast cancer: A preliminary study

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 853-856

  Painter, Rebecca C ^a,d   De Rooij, S R ^a   Bossuyt, P M M ^a   Osmond, C ^b   Barker, D J P ^c   Bleker, O P ^a   Roseboom, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUNGER; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; STARVATION; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 33750627991     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20564     Document Type: Article

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