Reproductive factors and risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in northern Iran: A case-control study in a high-risk area and literature review

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 461-466

  Islami, Farhad ^a,b   Cao, Yin ^b,c   Kamangar, Farin ^d   Nasrollahzadeh, Dariush ^a,f   Marjani, Haji Amin ^a,i   Shakeri, Ramin ^a   Fahimi, Saman ^g   Sotoudeh, Masoud ^a   Dawsey, Sanford M ^e   Abnet, Christian C ^e   Boffetta, Paolo ^b,h   Malekzadeh, Reza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^h INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

ⁱ GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Case control study; Esophageal cancer; Miscarriage; Parity; Reproductive; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IRAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84882261211     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: 14735709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e32835c7f87     Document Type: Article

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