Heather J. Baer

ORCID: 0000-0001-7273-5602 · 2 papers in corpus
observational 2011
American Journal of Epidemiology ·doi:10.1093/aje/kwr123

Body size in early life has been associated with breast cancer risk. This may be partly mediated through the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) pathway. The authors assessed whether birth weight, body fatness at ages 5 and 10 years, and body …

observational 2010
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deq039

BACKGROUND: An inverse association between adult body mass index (BMI) and risk of endometriosis has frequently been reported. However, the association between body size during childhood and early adulthood and endometriosis is not as well …