Racial variation in umbilical cord blood leptin concentration in male babies

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 665-671

  Lai, Gabriel Y ^a   Rohrmann, Sabine ^b   Agurs Collins, Tanya ^c   Sutcliffe, Catherine G ^a   Bradwin, Gary ^d   Rifai, Nader ^d   Bienstock, Jessica L ^e   Platz, Elizabeth A ^a,f,g  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LEPTIN; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BABY; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; LEPTIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VENOUS BLOOD;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEPTIN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79955761758     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-0283     Document Type: Article

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