An epidemiologic study of epithelial carcinoma of the ovary

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1981, Pages 398-405

  Hildreth, Nancy G ^a   Kelsey, Jennifer L ^a   Livolsi, Virginia A ^a   Fischer, Diana B ^a   Holford, Theodore R ^a   Mostow, Evelyn D ^a   Schwartz, Peter E ^a   White, Colin ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogens; Ovarian neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY CARCINOMA; SHORT SURVEY; THYROID GLAND; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMERICAS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER; CONNECTICUT; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ETHNIC GROUPS; MARITAL STATUS; MENOPAUSE; NEOPLASMS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES; OVARIAN CANCER--ETIOLOGY; PARITY; RELIGION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; THYROID EFFECTS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CARCINOMA; CONNECTICUT; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK;

EID: 0019387708     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113207     Document Type: Article

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