Birth Size and the Pathogenesis of Breast Cancer

Pagona Lagiou; Dimitrios Trichopoulos

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050194

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Birth Size and the Pathogenesis of Breast Cancer

Pagona Lagiou,
Dimitrios Trichopoulos

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: dtrichop@hsph.harvard.edu
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Birth Size and the Pathogenesis of Breast Cancer

Pagona Lagiou,
Dimitrios Trichopoulos

Published: September 30, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050194

About the Authors

Pagona Lagiou
Dimitrios Trichopoulos: *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: dtrichop@hsph.harvard.edu

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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