Reproductive factors, hormones and colorectal cancer-still unresolved.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

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Corrections and comments

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  Reproductive and menstrual factors and colorectal cancer incidence in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study.2017

Authors and funding

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Abstract

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