Second to fourth digit ratio (2D:4D) and prostate cancer risk in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 438-440

  Muller, D C ^a,b   Giles, G G ^a,b   Manning, J T ^c   Hopper, J L ^b   English, D R ^a,b   Severi, G ^a,b  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FINGER; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SECOND TO FOURTH DIGIT RATIO;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79960844173     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.253     Document Type: Article

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