Hysterectomy and subsequent risk of cancer

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 476-483

  Luoto, Riitta ^a   Auvinen, Anssi ^b,c   Pukkala, Eero ^b   Hakama, Matti ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^c Finnish Ctr Tor Radiat Nucl S   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cohort; Hysterectomy; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID CANCER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030919219     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.3.476     Document Type: Article

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