Birthweight differences between USA and China and their relevance to breast cancer aetiology
Author(s) -
Παγώνα Λάγιου,
ChungCheng Hsieh,
Dimitrios Trichopoulos,
Biao Xu,
Joanne Wuu,
Lorelei A. Mucci,
Rulla M. Tamimi,
HansOlov Adami,
Sven Cnattingius
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyg047
Subject(s) - etiology , breast cancer , medicine , demography , relevance (law) , china , cancer , clinical significance , geography , archaeology , sociology , political science , law
There has been renewed interest about determinants of birth size following the propagation of hypotheses that birth size parameters may have long-term consequences on the occurrence of common diseases in adulthood, including breast cancer.
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