Relations of gestational length and timing and type of incomplete pregnancy to ovarian cancer risk

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 452-461

  Gierach, Gretchen L ^a   Modugno, Francesmary ^a   Ness, Roberta B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion, induced; Abortion, spontaneous; Case control studies; Humans; Ovarian neoplasms; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; OVARY CANCER; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14644435827     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi069     Document Type: Article

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