Pet ownership and cancer risk in the women's health initiative

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1311-1316

  Garcia, David O ^a   Lander, Eric M ^b   Wertheim, Betsy C ^c   Manson, Joann E ^d   Volpe, Stella L ^e   Chlebowski, Rowan T ^f   Stefanick, Marcia L ^g   Lessin, Lawrence S ^h   Kuller, Lewis H ⁱ   Thomson, Cynthia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h WASHINGTON CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CAT; COLORECTAL CANCER; DOG; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PET ANIMAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; ANIMAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSITTACINE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATS; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; OWNERSHIP; PETS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSITTACIFORMES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84986197510     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-16-0218     Document Type: Article

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