Childbearing and the risk of Hodgkin's disease

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 831-834

  Lambe, Mats ^a   Hsieh, Chung Cheng ^b,c   Tsaih, Shirng Wern ^c   Adami, Johanna ^a,d   Glimelius, Bengt ^d   Adami, Hans Olov ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031692411     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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