The epidemiology of ovarian cancer

Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 729-738

  Daly, M B ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0026718487     PISSN: 08898588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0889-8588(18)30307-1     Document Type: Review

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