Oral contraceptives and benign ovarian tumors

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 242-246

  Westhoff, Carolyn ^a   Britton, Julie A ^b   Gammon, Marilie D ^c   Wright, Tom ^a   Kelsey, Jennifer L ^d  

^a The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Contraceptives, oral; Endometriosis; Ovarian neoplasms; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRENNER TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTADENOMA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG USE; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY TUMOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERATOMA; UNITED STATES; ADENOMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RISK; TERATOMA;

EID: 0034238121     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/152.3.242     Document Type: Article

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