Is birth weight associated with childhood lymphoma? A meta-analysis

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 179-189

  Papadopoulou, C ^a   Antonopoulos, C N ^a   Sergentanis, T N ^a   Panagopoulou, P ^a   Belechri, M ^a   Petridou, E T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

birth weight; childhood; lymphoma; malignancy; meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LYMPHOMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80255136162     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.26001     Document Type: Article

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