Do infants who are breast-fed have an altered risk of developing cancer?

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 639, Issue , 2009, Pages 167-198

  Martin, R ^a   Smith, G Davey ^a   Gunnell, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; GERM CELL TUMOR; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; LYMPHOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN INTAKE; RISK FACTOR; TESTIS CANCER; ADULT; CHILD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INFANT; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 62749175758     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8749-3_14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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