Familial prostate cancer in Sweden: A nationwide register cohort study

Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 138-143

  Grönberg, Henrik ^a   Damber, Lena ^a   Damber, Jan Erik ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

age; cohort study; family history; genetic factors; prostatic neoplasm; risk factor

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SWEDEN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030030646     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19960101)77:1<138::AID-CNCR23>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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