A prospective study of reproductive factors and oral contraceptive use in relation to the risk of uterine leiomyomata.

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Published in Fertil Steril on September 01, 1998

Authors

L M Marshall1, D Spiegelman, M B Goldman, J E Manson, G A Colditz, R L Barbieri, M J Stampfer, D J Hunter

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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