Perineal talc exposure and risk of ovarian carcinoma

Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2396-2401

  Chang, Stella ^a   Risch, Harvey A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Ovarian neoplasms; Risk factors; Talc

Indexed keywords

TALC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OVARY CARCINOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PERINEUM; TALC;

EID: 0030906403     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19970615)79:12<2396::AID-CNCR15>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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