Long-term use of oral contraceptives and cervical neoplasia: An association confounded by other risk factors?

Long-term use of oral contraceptives and

Long-term use of oral contraceptives and risk of invasive cervical cancer

✍ Louise A. Brinton; George R. Huggins; Herman F. Lehman; Katherine Mallin; David 📂 Article 📅 1986 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 French ⚖ 593 KB

To evaluate the relationship between use of oral contraceptives and risk of invasive cervical cancer, a case-control study involving 479 patients and 789 population controls was undertaken in 5 geographic regions of the US. Initially, the relationship was obscured by confounding variables, particula