Associations between birth weight and colon and rectal cancer risk in adulthood

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue , 2016, Pages 181-185

  Smith, Natalie R ^a   Jensen, Britt W ^b   Zimmermann, Esther ^b   Gamborg, Michael ^b   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^b,c   Baker, Jennifer L ^b,c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^c Capital Region   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Childhood; Cohort; Colon cancer; Colorectal cancer; Proportional hazards model; Prospective studies; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM CARCINOMA; AGED; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84968792147     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2016.05.003     Document Type: Article

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