Diabetes and endometrial cancer: An Italian case-control

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 539-542

  Parazzini, Fabio ^a,b   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,b   Negri, Eva ^a   Riboldi, Gian Luca ^c   Surace, Matteo ^a   Benzi, Guido ^b   Maina, Aldo ^d   Chiaffarino, Francesca ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d Hospital S Anna   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0032963713     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990517)81:4<539::AID-IJC6>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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