A case-control study of ovarian cancer in relation to infertility and the use of ovulation-inducing drugs

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 160, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1070-1078

  Rossing, Mary Anne ^a,b   Tang, Mei Tzu C ^a   Flagg, Elaine W ^c   Weiss, Linda K ^d   Wicklund, Kristine G ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infertility; Ovarian neoplasms

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

CANCER; DRUG USER; INFERTILITY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NULLIPARA; OVARY CANCER; OVARY TUMOR; OVULATION INDUCTION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLOMIPHENE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PARITY; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 9344264057     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh315     Document Type: Article

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