Tallness is associated with risk of testicular cancer: Evidence for the nutrition hypothesis

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1517-1521

  Dieckmann, K P ^a   Hartmann, J T ^b   Classen, J ^c   Ludde R ^d   Diederichs, M ^a   Pichlmeier, U ^e  

^a ALBERTINEN KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c St Vincentius Kliniken   (Germany)

^d Institut für Wehrmedizinalstatistik und Berichtswesen der Bundeswehr   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

BMI; Body size; Childhood nutrition; Non seminoma; Seminoma; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE; TALL STATURE; TESTIS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; RISK FACTORS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 55249115527     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604695     Document Type: Article

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