Perinatal markers of estrogen exposure and risk of testicular cancer: Follow-up of 1,333,873 Danish males born between 1950 and 2002

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1587-1592

  Ramlau Hansen, Cecilia Høst ^a   Olesen, Anne Vingaard ^b,c   Parner, Erik Thorlund ^b   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^a,d   Olsen, Jørn ^e,f  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Follow up studies; Male urogenital diseases; Prenatal exposure delayed effects; Testis cancer

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRYPTORCHISM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORCHIDOPEXY; PREECLAMPSIA; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEMINOMA; TESTIS CANCER; TWINS;

BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TWINS;

EID: 70350580966     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-009-9403-2     Document Type: Article

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