Birth weight and risk of cancer

Cancer

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 412-419

  Ahlgren, Martin ^a   Wohlfahrt, Jan ^a   Olsen, Lina W ^b   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^b   Melbye, Mads ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b The Capital Region   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Cancer; Cohort study; Epidemiology; Population based; Prenatal exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTIS CANCER;

BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34547223746     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22773     Document Type: Article

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