Cancer risk in women exposed to diethylstilbestrol in Utero

JAMA

Volumn 280, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 630-634

  Hatch, Elizabeth E ^a   Palmer, Julie R ^b   Titus Ernstoff, Linda ^c   Noller, Kenneth L ^d   Kaufman, Raymond H ^e   Mittendorf, Robert ^f   Robboy, Stanley J ^g   Hyer, Marianne ^h   Cowan, Charise M ^f   Adam, Ervin ^e   Colton, Theodore ^b   Hartge, Patricia ^a   Hoover, Robert N ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGINA CANCER;

EID: 0032547333     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.7.630     Document Type: Article

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