Postmenopausal hormone use and risk for colorectal cancer and adenoma

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 705-712

  Grodstein, Francine ^a,b   Martinez, M Elena ^a,e   Platz, Elizabeth A ^a,c   Giovannucci, Edward ^a,c   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b   Kautzky, Mira ^a,b   Fuchs, Charles ^a,d   Stampfer, Meir J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLON ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL TUMOR; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ADENOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0032079867     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00001     Document Type: Article

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