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Widowhood and divorce related to cancer risk in middle-aged women. A nested case-control study among norwegian women born between 1935 and 1954
✍ Scribed by Anne Kvikstad; Lars J. Vatten; Steinar Tretli; Stener Kvinnsland
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 645 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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✦ Synopsis
We have examined whether the risk of cancer among divorced or widowed Norwegian women born between I935 and 1954 was any different from that of married women. Among a total of approximately 600,000 women, we applied a nested case-control design. Thus, the study was population-based and included 17,235 incident cases of cancer with 34,460 agematched controls. For widowed women, there was no overall relation with cancer. For divorced women, 2 strikingly different associations were apparent. A reduced risk was seen for cancers