Use of electric blankets and association with prevalence of endometrial cancer

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 243-250

  Abel, Ernest L ^a,f   Hendrix, Susan L ^b   McNeeley, Gene S ^b   O'Leary, Erin S ^c   Mossavar Rahmani, Yasmin ^d   Johnson, Susan R ^e   Kruger, Michael ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric blankets; Electromagnetic fields; Endometrial cancer; Ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER SCREENING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; ELECTRIC BLANKET; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EQUIPMENT; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PARITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BEDDING AND LINENS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247141064     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.cej.0000228397.22611.d0     Document Type: Article

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