Oral contraceptives, hormone replacement therapy and the risk of colorectal cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1431-1435

  Fernandez, E ^a,b   La Vecchia, C ^a,c   D'Avanzo, B ^a   Franceschi, S ^d   Negri, E ^a   Parazzini, F ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hormone replacement therapy; Large bowel cancer; Oral contraceptive

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029993070     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1996.272     Document Type: Article

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