Reproductive factors, oral contraceptive use, and risk of colorectal cancer

Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-79

  Troisi, Rebecca ^a   Schairer, Catherine ^a   Chow, Wong Ho ^a   Schatzkin, Arthur ^a   Brinton, Louise A ^a   Fraumeni Jr , Joseph F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cohort studies; colorectal cancer; menarche; menopause; oral contraceptive use; parity; reproductive factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031021219     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199701000-00012     Document Type: Article

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