Indicators of Sexual and Somatic Development and Adolescent Body Size in Relation to Prostate Cancer Risk: Results From a Case-Control Study

Urology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 183-187

  Barba, Maddalena ^a   Terrenato, Irene ^a   Schünemann, Holger J ^a,b,c   Fuhrman, Barbara ^d   Sperati, Francesca ^d   Teter, Barbara ^d   Gallucci, Michele ^a   D'Amato, Alberto ^e   Muti, Paola ^a  

^a REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 45849129855     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.09.065     Document Type: Article

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