Family history of cancer and risk of breast cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 735-738

  Negri, Eva ^a,d   Braga, Claudia ^a   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,b   Franceschi, Silvia ^c   Parazzini, Fabio ^a,b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^d Laboratory of Epidemiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER FAMILY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; ITALY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PEDIGREE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030812264     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970904)72:5<735::AID-IJC5>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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