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Weight gain in infancy and cancer of the ovary

Autor(en)

Barker DJP, Winter PD

Veröffentlichungsdatum

1995

Ort der Sudie

Hertfordshire (UK).

Abstract

Among 5585 women born in Hertfordshire, 41 who died from ovarian cancer had had a high rate of weight gain in infancy. Whereas their mean birthweight was the same as that of the other women, their mean weight at 1 year was higher ( 10.1 kg vs 9.7 kg).

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