Cancer risk in first-degree relatives of children with malignant tumours (province of Trieste, Italy)

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 822-827

  Brunetti, Davide ^a   Tamaro, Paolo ^b   Cavallieri, Furio ^a   Stanta, Giorgio ^a,c  

^a SETA Ecology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NEOPLASM; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PEDIGREE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PEDIGREE; RISK FACTORS; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM;

EID: 0031564168     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19971210)73:6<822::AID-IJC9>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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