Reproductive factors and risk of papillary thyroid cancer in women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 151, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 765-772

  Rossing, Mary Anne ^a,b   Voigt, Lynda F ^a,b   Wicklund, Kristine G ^a   Daling, Janet R ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Lactation; Menopause; Pregnancy; Thyroid neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THYROID CANCER;

EID: 0034655039     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010276     Document Type: Article

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