Is the association of birth weight with premenopausal breast cancer risk mediated through childhood growth?

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 519-524

  Dos Santos Silva, I ^a   De Stavola, B L ^a   Hardy, R J ^b   Kuh, D J ^b   McCormack, V A ^a   Wadsworth, M E J ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Body mass index; Breast cancer; Growth; Height; Menarche

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MENARCHE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 4143133439     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601972     Document Type: Article

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