Reproductive factors and risk of mortality in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition; a cohort study

BMC Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Merritt, Melissa A ^a   Riboli, Elio ^a   Murphy, Neil ^a   Kadi, Mai ^a   Tjønneland, Anne ^b   Olsen, Anja ^b   Overvad, Kim ^c   Dossus, Laure ^d,e,f   Dartois, Laureen ^d,e,f   Clavel Chapelon, Françoise ^d,e,f   Fortner, Renée T ^g   Katzke, Verena A ^g   Boeing, Heiner ^h   Trichopoulou, Antonia ^i,j,k   Lagiou, Pagona ^j,k,l   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^i,k,l   Palli, Domenico ^m   Sieri, Sabina ⁿ   Tumino, Rosario ^o   Sacerdote, Carlotta ^p   Panico, Salvatore ^q   Bueno de Mesquita, H Bas ^a,r,s,t   Peeters, Petra H ^a,s   Lund, Eiliv ^u   Nakamura, Aurelie ^u   Weiderpass, Elisabete ^u,v,w,x   Quirós, J Ramón ^y   Agudo, Antonio ^z   Molina Montes, Esther ^aa,ab   Larrañaga, Nerea ^ab,ac   Dorronsoro, Miren ^ab   Cirera, Lluís ^ab,ad   Barricarte, Aurelio ^ab,ae   Olsson, Åsa ^af   Butt, Salma ^af   Idahl, Annika ^ag   Lundin, Eva ^ag   Wareham, Nicholas J ^ah   Key, Timothy J ^ai   Brennan, Paul ^aj   Ferrari, Pietro ^aj   Wark, Petra A ^a   Norat, Teresa ^a   Cross, Amanda J ^a   Gunter, Marc J ^a   more..

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^f INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^g GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^h GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

ⁱ HELLENIC HEALTH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^k BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^l HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^m CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

ⁿ NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^o CIVILE M P AREZZO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^p CITTÀ DELLA SALUTE E DELLA SCIENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^q UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^r NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^s UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^t UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^u UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^v The Arctic University of Norway ^*  (Norway)

^w KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^x FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^y PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTORATE   (Spain)

^z BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^ab CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^ac BIODONOSTIA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^ad DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Spain)

^ae INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE NAVARRA   (Spain)

^af LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ag UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^aj INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

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Author keywords

Age at menarche; Age at menopause; Breastfeeding; Mortality; Oral contraceptives; Parity

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MORTALITY; NULLIPARA; NUTRITION; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE; OVARIECTOMY; OVULATION; PARITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FACTOR; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING HABIT; WOMEN'S HEALTH; AGE; CAUCASIAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY;

EID: 84945976580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0484-3     Document Type: Article

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