A population-based study of cancer risk in twins: Relationships to birth order and sexes of the twin pair

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 472-478

  Swerdlow, A J ^a   De Stavola, B ^a   Maconochie, N ^a   Siskind, V ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELANOMA; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS CANCER; TWINS;

ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WALES;

EID: 0029810980     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960807)67:4<472::AID-IJC2>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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