Birth characteristics and risk of colorectal cancer: A study among Swedish twins

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 803-806

  Cnattingius, S ^a,b   Lundberg, F ^a   Iliadou, A ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birth length; Birth weight; Colorectal cancer; Perinatal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; TWINS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTURITION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; TWINS;

EID: 61749084705     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604918     Document Type: Article

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