Parity and the risk of pancreatic cancer: A nested case-control study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 224-227

  Karlson, Britt Marie ^a,b   Wuu, Joanne ^c   Hsieh, Chung Cheng ^c,d   Lambe, Mats ^b   Ekbom, Anders ^b,d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Department of Nutrition   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANCREAS CANCER; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PARITY;

EID: 0031806913     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19980717)77:2<224::AID-IJC10>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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