Epidemiology of uterine leiomyomata

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 316-326

  Schwartz, Stephen M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE;

AGE; CHILDBIRTH; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY HISTORY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INCIDENCE; LEIOMYOMA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PELVIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UTERUS MYOMA;

DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035029723     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-200106000-00018     Document Type: Review

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