Familial risks of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: Retrospective case-control study

BMJ

Volumn 313, Issue 7059, 1996, Pages 716-721

  Foulkes, William D ^a   Brunet, Jean Sebastien ^a   Sieh, Weiva ^a   Narod, Steven A ^a   Black, Martin J ^b   Shenouda, George ^b  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS CELL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PEDIGREE; QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0029772540     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7059.716     Document Type: Article

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