A prospective study of reproductive factors, oral contraceptive use, and risk of colorectal cancer

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-5

  Martínez, María Elena ^a,c   Grodstein, Francine ^b   Giovannucci, Edward ^a,b   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b   Speizer, Frank E ^b   Hennekens, Charles ^a,b   Rosner, Bernard ^b   Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARITY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSES; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031032674     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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