The pill and the press: Reporting risk

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 453-456

  Lebow, Morton A ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; DRUG RESEARCH; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0033104287     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(98)00409-8     Document Type: Note

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