Predictors of ovarian steroid secretion in reproductive-age women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 381-388

  Westhoff, Carolyn ^a   Gentile, Gwen ^b   Lee, Jack ^c   Zacur, Howard ^d   Helbig, Donald ^b  

^a The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

breast neoplasms; estrogens; menarche; obesity; ovary; progestational hormones; smoking

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GESTAGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEAL PHASE; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0029785786     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008939     Document Type: Article

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