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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 155, No. 2 : 187
Copyright © 2002 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

RE: "RISK FACTORS FOR UTERINE LEIOMYOMA: A PRACTICE-BASED CASE-CONTROL STUDY. II. ATHEROGENIC RISK FACTORS AND POTENTIAL SOURCES OF UTERINE IRRITATION"

Riitta Luoto

Tampere School of Public Health University of Tampere Medisiinarinkatu 3 FIN-33014 Tampere, Finland

The study by Faerstein et al. in the January 2001 issue of the Journal (1Go) was very interesting and demonstrated the importance of uterine leiomyomas (UL), or fibroids, in women's health. The epidemiology of UL has for too long been understudied.

Faerstein et al. stated that the coexistence of UL with hypertension was noted in some studies conducted between . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Eduardo Faerstein and Moyses Szklo

Department of Epidemiology Institute of Social Medicine State University of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20550-900, Brazil
Department of Epidemiology Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 21202-6709


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RE: "RISK FACTORS FOR UTERINE LEIOMYOMA: A PRACTICE-BASED CASE-CONTROL STUDY. II. ATHEROGENIC RISK FACTORS AND POTENTIAL SOURCES OF UTERINE IRRITATION"
Am. J. Epidemiol., January 15, 2002; 155(2): 187 - 187.
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