Potential risk factors associated with subtypes of uterine leiomyomata

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1029-1035

  Dragomir, Anca D ^a   Schroeder, Jane C ^a   Connolly, Annamarie ^b   Kupper, Larry L ^a   Hill, Michael C ^c   Olshan, Andrew F ^a   Baird, Donna D ^d  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; smoking; sonogram; uterine leiomyomata subtypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROSA; SMOKING; SUBMUCOSA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77958010000     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719110376979     Document Type: Article

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