Pelvic inflammatory disease and risk of ovarian cancer

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 667-669

  Parazzini, Fabio ^a,b   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,b   Negri, Eva ^a   Moroni, Simona ^b   Dal Pino, Daniela ^c   Fedele, Luigi ^d  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029813683     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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