Effect of paternal and maternal cancer on cancer in the offspring: A population-based study

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 993-997

  Hemminki, Kari ^a,c   Vaittinen, Pauli ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^c CNT Novum ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; THYROID CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FAMILY; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031442024     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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