An epidemiologic case-control study of ovarian cancer and reproductive factors

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 1984, Pages 705-713

  Nasca, Philip C ^a   Greenwald, Peter ^b   Chorost, Sherry ^a   Richart, Ralph ^c   Caputo, Thomas ^d  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^d NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ovarian neoplasms; Reproduction; Retrospective studies

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; OVARY CANCER; PREVENTION; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; CANCER; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; FERTILITY MEASUREMENTS; NEOPLASMS; NEW YORK; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; OVARIAN CANCER; POPULATION; POPULATION AT RISK; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY HISTORY; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNMARRIED; WHITES;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PARITY;

EID: 0021319458     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113791     Document Type: Article

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