The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 121, Issue 6 , Pages 501-508.e3 , June 2008

Cigarette Smoking and the Risk of Endometrial Cancer: A Meta-Analysis

  • Bo Zhou, MD

      Affiliations

    • Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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  • Li Yang, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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  • Qingmin Sun, MD

      Affiliations

    • Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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  • Rihong Cong, MD

      Affiliations

    • Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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  • Haijuan Gu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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  • Naping Tang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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  • Huaijun Zhu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacy, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.
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  • Bin Wang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Bin Wang, PhD, Department of Pharmacology, Nanjing Medical University, 140 Hanzhong Road, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China.

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 *Drs Zhou, Yang, and Sun contributed equally to this work.This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No 30672486), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No BK2006525), 333 Project, Qinglan Project, and Six Rencai Gaofeng Project (No 07C008) for the Young Academic Leader of Jiangsu Province to Dr. Wang.

PII: S0002-9343(08)00194-0

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.01.044

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 121, Issue 6 , Pages 501-508.e3 , June 2008

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