## Abstract The high incidence of testicular cancer in young males indicates a potential role of events during early life. Birth weight has been identified as a factor possibly associated with the risk of cancers later in life. To investigate the association between birth weight and testicular canc
Birth weight and risk of testicular cancer
โ Scribed by Michael B. Cook; Lorenzo Richiardi; Katherine A. McGlynn
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 77 KB
- Volume
- 122
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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