Problems involved in including women with simple hysterectomy in epidemiologic studies measuring the effects of hormone replacement therapy on breast cancer risk

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 718-721

  Pike, Malcolm C ^a   Ross, Ronald K ^a   Spicer, Darcy V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

AGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; HYSTERECTOMY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; REVIEW;

EID: 0032522568     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009515     Document Type: Review

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