Parity and Risk of Colorectal Cancer: A Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Guan, Hong Bo ^a   Wu, Qi Jun ^b,c   Gong, Ting Ting ^a   Lin, Bei ^a   Wang, Yong Lai ^a   Liu, Cai Xia ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMBASE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NULLIPARA; PARITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLISHING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84884737638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075279     Document Type: Article

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