High Birth Weight Increases the Risk for Bone Tumor: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

High Birth Weight Increases the Risk for Bone Tumor: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

There have been several epidemiologic studies on the relationship between high birth weight and the risk for bone tumor in the past decades. However, due to the rarity of bone tumors, the sample size of individual studies was generally too small for reliable conclusions. Therefore, we have performed...

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Main Authors: Songfeng Chen, Lin Yang, Feifei Pu, Hui Lin, Baichuan Wang, Jianxiang Liu, Zengwu Shao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-09-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
birth weight
bone tumor
osteosarcoma
Ewing sarcoma of bone
chondrosarcoma
meta-analysis
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/12/9/11178

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