Menstrual and reproductive factors in relation to ovarian cancer risk

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 714-721

  Titus Ernstoff, L ^a   Perez, K ^a   Cramer, D W ^b   Harlow, B L ^b   Baron, J A ^a,c   Greenberg, E R ^a,c  

^a NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Menstrual cycles; Ovarian cancer; Reproductive factors

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVARY CANCER; PARITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TWIN PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035793814     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.2000.1596     Document Type: Article

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