Risk factors for uterine fibroids among women undergoing tubal sterilization

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 20-26

  Chen, Chao Ru ^a   Buck, Germaine M ^a   Courey, Norman G ^a   Perez, Kimberly M ^a,b   Wactawski Wende, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Leiomyoma; Risk factors; Sterilization, tubal; Uterine diseases

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTRACEPTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE TUBE STERILIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; NEW YORK; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS; STERILIZATION, TUBAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035156719     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/153.1.20     Document Type: Article

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