A prospective study of family history and the risk of colorectal cancer

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 331, Issue 25, 1994, Pages 1669-1674

  Fuchs, Charles S ^a   Colditz, Graham A ^b   Hunter, David J ^b   Speizer, Frank E ^b   Willett, Walter C ^b   Giovannucci, Edward L ^c  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027942094     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199412223312501     Document Type: Article

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