Risk factors for uterine leiomyoma: A practice-based case-control study. I. African-American heritage, reproductive history, body size, and smoking

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-10

  Faerstein, Eduardo ^a   Szklo, Moyses ^b   Rosenshein, Neil ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Case control studies; Hormones; Leiomyoma; Reproductive history; Risk factors; Uterine diseases; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; PREMENOPAUSE; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BALTIMORE; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PREMENOPAUSE; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035153715     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/153.1.1     Document Type: Article

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