A population-based case-control study of fetal growth, gestational age, and maternal breast cancer

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 172, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 962-970

  Nechuta, Sarah ^a   Paneth, Nigel ^a,b   Pathak, Dorothy R ^b   Gardiner, Joseph ^a,b   Copeland, Glenn ^c   Velie, Ellen M ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

birth weight; breast neoplasms; gestational age; hormones; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LIVE BIRTH; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BREAST CANCER; PARITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREGNANCY; RACE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; UNITED STATES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77958092718     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq263     Document Type: Article

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