Second to fourth digit ratio (2D: 4D), breast cancer risk factors, and breast cancer risk: A prospective cohort study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1631-1636

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

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

2D : 4D; breast cancer; digit ratio; hormones; prenatal hormones

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FINGER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84867901985     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.418     Document Type: Article

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