Colorectal cancer in Northeast Italy: reproductive, menstrual and female hormone-related factors

European Journal of Cancer and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 604-608

  Franceschi, Silvia ^a,b   Bidoli, Ettore ^a   Talamini, Renato ^a   Barra, Salvatore ^a   La Vecchia, Carlo ^c,d  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b European Cancer Prevention Studies ^*  (Belgium)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MATERNAL AGE; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SEX HORMONES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025735669     PISSN: 02775379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-5379(91)90228-6     Document Type: Article

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