Is maternal height a risk factor for breast cancer?

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 389-390

  Lagiou, Pagona ^a,b   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^b   Hsieh, Chung Cheng ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth size; Birth weight; Breast cancer; Fetal growth; Height; Maternal height

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CELL; CANCER RISK; FETUS GROWTH; HEIGHT; MATERNAL HEIGHT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEM CELL;

BODY HEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84882259343     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: 14735709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e32835b6a82     Document Type: Article

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