Response to Cook et al. [2]

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 958-959

  Michos, Athanasios ^a   Michels, Karin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; DENMARK; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEMINOMA; TESTIS CANCER;

EID: 38349048246     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23128     Document Type: Letter

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