Oral contraceptives and colorectal cancer risk: A meta-analysis

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 722-727

  Fernandez, E ^a,b   Vecchia, C La ^b,c   Balducci, A ^b   Chatenoud, L ^b   Franceschi, S ^d   Negri, E ^b  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; Female hormones; Meta analysis; Oral contraceptives

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RECTUM CANCER;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035793815     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.2000.1622     Document Type: Article

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