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Risk factors for invasive epithelial ovarian cancer: results from a Swedish case-control study.
American journal of epidemiology - 15 Aug 2002
Riman Tomas, Dickman Paul W, Nilsson Staffan, Correia Nestor, Nordlinder Hans, Magnusson Cecilia M, Persson Ingemar R
Abstract excerpt
This case-control study evaluated reproductive and other factors in relation to epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) risk. Between 1993 and 1995, the authors recruited 655 EOC cases and 3,899 population controls aged 50-74 years who were born in and residents of Sweden. Data were collected through mailed questionnaires. Odds ratios were estimated by unconditional logistic regression. Parity reduced EOC risk (odds...
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