Sex steroid hormone exposures and risk for meningioma

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 848-853

  Jhawar, Balraj S ^a   Fuchs, Charlie S ^b   Colditz, Graham A ^b   Stampfer, Meir J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Estrogen; Meningioma; Patient cohort; Progesterone; Prospective study; Sex steroid

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENINGIOMA; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0142213828     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.99.5.0848     Document Type: Article

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