Reproductive factors related to the risk of colorectal cancer by subsite: A case-control analysis

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 1901-1906

  Yoo, K Y ^a   Tajima, K ^b   Inoue, M ^b   Takezaki, T ^b   Hirose, K ^b   Hamajima, N ^b   Park, S K ^a   Kang, D H ^a   Kato, T ^b   Hirai, T ^b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colon neoplasms; Reproduction; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033043378     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690302     Document Type: Article

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