Determinants of Ovarian Cancer Risk. I. Reproductive Experiences and Family History

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1983, Pages 703-709

  Cramer, Daniel W ^a   Welch, William R ^a   Ryan, Kenneth J ^a   Hutchison, George B ^b   Scully, Robert E ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ETIOLOGY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PREGNANCY;

CONSANGUINITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK;

EID: 84963044732     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/71.4.711     Document Type: Article

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