ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS Reproductive Factors, Hormonal Contraception, and Risk of Uterine Leiomyomata in African-American Women: A Prospective Study
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1 Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. 2 Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, Boston, MA. 3 Obstetrics and Gynecology Epidemiology Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 4 Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. 5 Center for Uterine Fibroids, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 6 Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Howard University Cancer Center, Washington, DC.
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