Anthropometric and other risk factors for ovarian cancer in a case-control study

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 246-253

  Mori, Mitsuru ^a   Nishida, Takashi ^b   Sugiyama, Toru ^b   Komai, Kan ^b   Yakushiji, Michiaki ^b   Fukuda, Koichi ^a   Tanaka, Toshimitsu ^a   Yokoyama, Masatoshi ^a   Sugimori, Hajime ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Case control study; Familial history; Obesity; Ovarian neoplasms; Reproductive history

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OVARY CANCER; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031980397     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1998.tb00555.x     Document Type: Article

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