A pooled analysis of case-control studies of thyroid cancer. III. Oral contraceptives, menopausal replacement therapy and other female hormones

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 157-166

  La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,b   Ron, Elaine ^c   Franceschi, Silvia ^d   Dal Maso, Luigino ^d   Mark, Steven D ^c   Chatenoud, Liliane ^a   Braga, Claudia ^a   Preston Martin, Susan ^e   McTiernan, Anne ^f   Kolonel, Laurence ^g   Mabuchi, Kiyohiko ^h   Jin, Fan ⁱ   Wingren, Gun ^j   Galanti, Maria Rosaria ^k,l   Hallquist, Arne ^m   Lund, Eiliv ⁿ   Levi, Fabio ^o   Linos, Dimitrios ^p   Negri, Eva ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^h RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

ⁱ SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

^j LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^k UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^l Tobacco Prevention Centre   (Sweden)

^m KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^o Registre Vaudois des Tumeurs   (Switzerland)

^p Institute of Preventive Medicine   (Greece)

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Author keywords

Case control studies; Hormone replacement therapy; Oral contraceptives; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; ONSET AGE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STATISTICS; THYROID CANCER; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

EID: 0032903824     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008832513932     Document Type: Article

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