Breast cancer - Early life matters

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 351, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 1679-1681

  Michels, Karin B ^a,b   Willett, Walter C ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; GROWTH FACTOR; HORMONE;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CELL; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; DELIVERY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MENARCHE; MILK; NUTRITION; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; JAPAN; MENARCHE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 5344250406     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe048229     Document Type: Editorial

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