Familial cancer in Sweden Population-based study

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 273-280

  Hemminki, Kari ^a   Vaittinen, Pauli ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer risk; Colorectal cancer; Melanoma; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SKIN CANCER; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030849794     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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