Cancer risk in fathers and brothers of testicular cancer patients in Denmark. A population-based study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 627-631

  Westergaard, Tine ^a   Olsen, Jørgen H ^b   Frisch, Morten ^a   Kroman, Niels ^a,c   Nielsen, Jan W ^a   Melbye, Mads ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; DENMARK; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FAMILIAL CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS CANCER;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FAMILY HEALTH; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029934098     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960529)66:5<627::AID-IJC8>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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