Gender of offspring and maternal ovarian cancer risk

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 476-480

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

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

Author keywords

Case control studies; Ovarian neoplasms ep Epidemiology ; Pregnancy; Risk factors; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NULLIPARA; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; OVARY CANCER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SEX RATIO;

EID: 33646576812     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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