Open AccessMenstrual factors and cancer risk among Korean women
Author(s) -
Aesun Shin,
YunMi Song,
KeunYoung Yoo,
Sung Jun
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyr121
Subject(s) - menarche , medicine , breast cancer , menopause , cancer , gallbladder cancer , stomach cancer , gynecology , menstruation , obstetrics , prospective cohort study , risk factor
It has been suggested that lifetime exposure to female hormones is related to cancer risk in women. The authors investigated the association between age at menarche and menopause and cancer risk in a prospective study of Korean women.
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