Incomplete pregnancies and risk of ovarian cancer (Washington, United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 415-420

  Chen, Mei Tzu ^a,b   Cook, Linda S ^a   Daling, Janet R ^a,b   Weiss, Noel S ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Ovarian neoplasms; Pregnancy; United States

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0030009108     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00052667     Document Type: Article

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