Birth weight as a risk factor for breast cancer: A meta-analysis of 18 epidemiological studies

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1169-1178

  Xu, Xiaohui ^a   Dailey, Amy B ^a   Peoples Sheps, Mary ^a   Talbott, Evelyn O ^b   Li, Ning ^a   Roth, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAUSALITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 70349196493     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2008.1034     Document Type: Article

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