Risk of ovarian cancer in women with symptoms in primary care: Population based case-control study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7721, 2009, Pages 616-

  Hamilton, William ^a   Peters, Tim J ^a   Bankhead, Clare ^a   Sharp, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOATING; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY FREQUENCY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EATING DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 70349121347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b2998     Document Type: Article

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