Use of oral contraceptives and uterine fibroids: Results from a case-control study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 857-860

  Chiaffarino, Francesca ^a   Parazzini, Fabio ^a   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,b   Marsico, Silvia ^a   Surace, Matteo ^a   Ricci, Elena ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT--WOMEN; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS--SIDE EFFECTS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EUROPE; FAMILY PLANNING; FIBROIDS; GENITALIA; GENITALIA, FEMALE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, BENIGN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES--SIDE EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; UTERINE EFFECTS; UTERUS; WOMEN;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032788520     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08409.x     Document Type: Article

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