Risk factors for epithelial ovarian cancer in Japan - Results from the Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study cohort

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-30

  Weiderpas, Elisabete ^a,b,c,d   Sandin, Sven ^a   Inoue, Manami ^e   Shimazu, Taichi ^e   Iwasaki, Motoki ^e   Sasazuki, Shizuka ^e   Sawada, Norie ^e   Yamaji, Taiki ^e   Tsugane, Shoichiro ^e  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Japan; Neoplasm; Ovary; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER INCIDENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OVARY CANCER; PASSIVE SMOKING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84455194018     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: 17912423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2011.1194     Document Type: Article

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