Sex differences in time trends of colorectal cancer in England and Wales: The possible effect of female hormonal factors

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 692-697

  Dos Santos Silva, I ^a   Swerdlow, A J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Fertility; Hormone; Oral contraceptive; Rectal cancer; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DESCENDING COLON; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030039379     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1996.120     Document Type: Article

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