Serum hormone levels in relation to reproductive and lifestyle factors in postmenopausal women (United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-207

  Madigan, M Patricia ^a   Troisi, Rebecca ^a   Potischman, Nancy ^a   Dorgan, Joanne F ^a   Brinton, Louise A ^a   Hoover, Robert N ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Lifestyle factors; Postmenopausal women; Reproductive history; Sex hormones; United States

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; ESTRONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BREAST CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION;

AGED; ANDROSTENEDIONE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031899275     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008838412423     Document Type: Article

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