Family risk index as a measure of familial heterogeneity of cancer risk: A population-based study in metropolitan detroit

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 524-535

  Schwartz, Ann Grossbart ^a   Boehnke, Michael ^b   Moll, Patricia P ^b  

^a KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Family characteristics; Genetics; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; FAMILIAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASMS; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0023786550     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115000     Document Type: Article

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