American journal of public health

OBJECTIVES: To review the Nurses' Health Study's (NHS's) contribution to identifying risk factors and long-term health consequences of reproductive events. METHODS: We performed a narrative review of the NHS I, NHS II, NHS3, and Growing Up…

OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the cross-sectional association between race and hysterectomy prevalence in a population-based cohort of US women and investigated participant characteristics associated with racial differences. METHODS: The cohort…

OBJECTIVES: This study sought to describe prevalence rates of chronic gynecological conditions and correlates of these conditions in a representative sample of US women. METHODS: National Health Interview Survey data from 1984 through 1992…

Endometriosis and moderate alcohol use. S Thylan Francine Grodstein, Marlene B. Goldman, and Daniel W. Cramer CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.85.7.1021-a Published Online: October 07, 2011

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between moderate alcohol intake and fertility. METHODS: Interviews were conducted with 3833 women who recently gave birth and 1050 women from seven infertility clinic…

A sample survey was conducted in 1982 to determine the prevalence of hysterectomy and oophorectomy among upstate New York women, ages 25-74. The effects of this surgery on age-specific estimates of the risk for cancer of the uterus, cervix,…