Maternal Hormone Levels and Perinatal Characteristics: Implications for Testicular Cancer

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 85-92

  Zhang, Yawei ^a   Graubard, Barry I ^a   Longnecker, Matthew P ^a   Stanczyk, Frank Z ^a   Klebanoff, Mark A ^a   McGlynn, Katherine A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal Hormones; Perinatal Factors; Testicular Cancer

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRIOL BLOOD LEVEL; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS CANCER; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VALIDITY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER, STORED; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTOSTERONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846347969     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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