Birth weight and risk of testicular cancer [1]

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 957-

  Cook, Michael B ^a   Richiardi, Lorenzo ^b   McGlynn, Katherine A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TESTIS CANCER; NEWBORN; NOTE; TESTIS TUMOR;

HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 38349051923     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23129     Document Type: Letter

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