Ethnic differences in past hysterectomy for benign conditions

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 179-186

  Powell, Lynda H ^a   Meyer, Peter ^a   Weiss, Gerson ^b   Matthews, Karen A ^c   Santoro, Nanette ^d   Randolph Jr , John F ^e   Schocken, Miriam ^f   Skurnick, Joan ^b   Ory, Marcia G ^g   Sutton Tyrrell, Kim ^h  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; BENIGN TUMOR; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 22744449211     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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