Reproductive, genetic, and dietary risk factors for ovarian cancer

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 771-777

  Mori, Mitsuru ^a   Harabuchi, Izumi ^b   Miyake, Hirotsugu ^a   Casagrande, John T ^c   Henderson, Brian E ^b   Ross, Ronald K ^c  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sapporo Hosp of Hokkaido Rlwy Co   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anovulatlon; Diet; Hereditary; Neoplastic syndromes; Ovarian neoplasms; Reproduction; Retrospective studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOVULATION; CANCER RISK; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT SURVEY;

DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PARITY; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STERILIZATION, TUBAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0023684183     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115030     Document Type: Article

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