BMJ open tobacco smoking and risk of endometriosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Bravi, Francesca ^a   Parazzini, Fabio ^a,b   Cipriani, Sonia ^a,b   Chiaffarino, Francesca ^b   Ricci, Elena ^b   Chiantera, Vito ^c   Viganò, Paola ^d   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PELVIC PAIN; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FEMALE; HEALTH; MORBIDITY; PROCEDURES; SMOKING CESSATION; TRENDS;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84988312183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006325     Document Type: Review

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