Genital talc exposure and risk of ovarian cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 351-356

  Cramer, Daniel W ^a   Liberman, Rebecca F ^a   Titus Ernstoff, Linda ^a   Welch, William R ^b   Greenberg, E Robert ^a   Baron, John A ^a   Harlow, Bernard L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TALC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYGIENE; INTERVIEW; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032912195     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19990505)81:3<351::aid-ijc7>3.0.co;2-m     Document Type: Article

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