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Pregnancy weight gain and breast cancer risk

BACKGROUND: Elevated pregnancy estrogen levels are associated with increased risk of developing breast cancer in mothers. We studied whether pregnancy weight gain that has been linked to high circulating estrogen levels, affects a mother's breast cancer risk. METHODS: Our cohort consisted of wo...

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Autores principales: Kinnunen, Tarja I, Luoto, Riitta, Gissler, Mika, Hemminki, Elina, Hilakivi-Clarke, Leena
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC535935/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15498103
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6874-4-7