Birth size is a marker of susceptibility to breast cancer later in life
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 10:28
in Health & Medicine
Birth size, and in particular birth length, correlates with subsequent risk of breast cancer in adulthood, according to a new study published in PLoS Medicine by researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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