Menopause and ovarian cancer

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 990-998

  Hartge, Patricia ^a   Hoover, Robert ^a   Mcgowan, Larry ^b   Lesher, Linda ^b   Norris, Henry J ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogens; Hysterectomy; Menopause; Ovarian neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023921381     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114902     Document Type: Article

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