Tubal sterilisation, hysterectomy and decreased risk of ovarian cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 948-951

  Green, Adèle ^a,e   Purdie, David ^a   Bain, Christopher ^b   Siskind, Victor ^b   Russell, Peter ^c   Quinn, Michael ^d   Ward, Bruce ^b  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; STERILIZATION, TUBAL;

EID: 0030952838     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970611)71:6<948::AID-IJC6>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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