Prevention of ovarian cancer: A survey of the practice of prophylactic oophorectomy by consultant gynaecologists in Ireland

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 186-187

  Geary, M ^a,b   Geoghegan, A ^a   Foley, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRELAND; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY TUMOR; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; IRELAND; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031201607     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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