American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 200, Issue 2 , Pages 130-135 , February 2009

Coffee drinking and endometrial cancer risk: a metaanalysis of observational studies

  • Francesca Bravi, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, Milan, Italy
    • Istituto di Statistica Medica e Biometria “G.A. Maccacaro”, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: Francesca Bravi, ScD, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri,” Dipartimento di Epidemiologia, Via Giuseppe La Masa 19-20156 Milan MI, Italy
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  • Lorenza Scotti, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Statistica, Università di Milano Bicocca, Italy
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  • Cristina Bosetti, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, Milan, Italy
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  • Silvano Gallus, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, Milan, Italy
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  • Eva Negri, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, Milan, Italy
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  • Carlo La Vecchia, MD

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, Milan, Italy
    • Istituto di Statistica Medica e Biometria “G.A. Maccacaro”, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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  • Alessandra Tavani, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, Milan, Italy

Received 20 June 2008 ,Revised 23 September 2008 ,Accepted 7 October 2008.

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 This work was conducted with the contribution of the Italian Association for Cancer Research, and the Italian League Against Cancer. The work of this paper was undertaken while CLV was a Senior Fellow at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).

 Authorship and contribution to the manuscript is limited to the 7 authors indicated. There was no outside funding or technical assistance with the production of this article.

PII: S0002-9378(08)02044-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.10.032

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 200, Issue 2 , Pages 130-135 , February 2009

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