Birth size and breast cancer risk: re-analysis of individual participant data from 32 studies.

Birth size, perhaps a proxy for prenatal environment, might be a correlate of subsequent breast cancer risk, but findings from epidemiological studies have been inconsistent. We re-analysed individual participant data from published and unpublished studies to obtain more precise estimates of the mag...

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Main Authors: Isabel dos Santos Silva, Bianca De Stavola, Valerie McCormack, Collaborative Group on Pre-Natal Risk Factors and Subsequent Risk of Breast Cancer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-09-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2553821?pdf=render