Reproductive factors and incidence of epithelial ovarian cancer: A Norwegian prospective study

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 421-427

  Albrektsen, Grethe ^a   Heuch, Ivar ^a   Kvåle, Gunnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birth; Maternal age; Norway; Ovarian cancer; Parity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NORWAY; OVARY CANCER; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; NORWAY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PARITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029943369     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00052668     Document Type: Article

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