Risk factors for adrenal cancer: An exploratory study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 432-436

  Hsing, Ann W ^a   Nam, Jun Mo ^a   Co Chien, Harvey T ^b   McLaughlin, Joseph K ^c   Fraumeni Jr , Joseph F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADRENAL CANCER; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029989715     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960208)65:4<432::AID-IJC6>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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