IUD use and the risk of endometrial cancer

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 166-169

  Benshushan, Abraham ^a   Paltiel, Ora ^a   Rojansky, Nathan ^a   Brzezinski, Amnon ^a   Laufer, Neri ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraception; Endometrial cancer; Epidemiology; Intrauterine device (IUD)

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; INFERTILITY; INFLAMMATION; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; REGISTER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037110882     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(02)00153-7     Document Type: Article

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