A case-control study of asthma and ovarian cancer

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-105

  ElMasri, Wafic M ^a,c   Tran, Therese H ^a   Mulla, Zuber D ^a,b  

^a Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Case control study; Epidemiology; Florida; Hospital databases; Ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CALCULATION; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; OBESITY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952183974     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: 21544700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19338240903390297     Document Type: Article

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