Attenuation of social class and reproductive risk factor associations for Hodgkin lymphoma due to selection bias in controls

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 731-739

  Glaser, Sally L ^a   Clarke, Christina A ^a   Keegan, Theresa H M ^a   Gomez, Scarlett L ^a   Nugent, Rebecca A ^a   Topol, Barbara ^a   Stearns, Cynthia B ^a   Stewart, Susan L ^a  

^a NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

case control studies; Hodgkin lymphoma; reproductive factors; selection bias; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER RISK; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BREAST FEEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 4043126848     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CACO.0000036191.79739.98     Document Type: Article

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