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Birth characteristics of premenopausal women with breast cancer

Autor(en)

Le Marchand L, Kolonel LN

Veröffentlichungsdatum

1988

Ort der Sudie

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Abstract

This is a study of 153 cases and 461 controls. Cases had a smaller mean weight at birth (3120g) than controls (3162g).

Diskussion

This was the first study of correlations between birth characteristics and breast cancer. The results of this study were not confirmed by other authors. See entries 0026, 0068, 0071, 0194, 0200 and 0211.