Parity and risk of lung cancer in women: Systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies

Lung Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 150-158

  Dahabreh, Issa J ^a   Trikalinos, Thomas A ^a   Paulus, Jessica K ^b,c  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Meta analysis; Parity; Systematic review; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PARITY; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA;

EID: 84859430048     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: 18728332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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