Risk factors for endometriosis: Menstrual and life-style characteristics

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-133

  Waller, Kathleen G ^a   Shaw, Robert W ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causation; Endometriosis; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTRACEPTION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0031821406     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026033     Document Type: Article

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