Mortality from breast, endometrial and ovarian cancers among grand multiparous women in Taiwan

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 548-552

  Chan, Te Fu ^a   Wu, Chen Hsuan ^b   Changchien, Chan Chao ^b   Yang, Chun Yuh ^c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

breast cancer; grand multiparous; ovarian cancer; standardised mortality ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPARA; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PARITY; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82955233606     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2011.01360.x     Document Type: Article

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