Sex-specific associations between birth weight and adult primary liver cancer in a large cohort of Danish children

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1410-1415

  Zimmermann, Esther ^a   Berentzen, Tina L ^a   Gamborg, Michael ^a   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^a,b,c   Baker, Jennifer L ^a,b  

^a FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Capital Region   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

birth weight; epidemiology; liver cancer; prospective study; sex dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANISH CITIZEN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS HEPATITIS; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; RISK;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84954370229     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.29900     Document Type: Article

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