Child/teen sexual and physical abuse linked to fibroids in premenopausal women

Monday, November 15, 2010 - 11:04 in Psychology & Sociology

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that both physical and sexual abuse history were positively associated with a higher incidence of uterine fibroids later in life. These findings currently appear on-line in the journal Epidemiology.

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