Risks of breast and testicular cancers in young adult twins in England and Wales: Evidence on prenatal and genetic aetiolgy

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9093, 1997, Pages 1723-1728

  Swerdlow, A J ^a   De Stavola, B L ^a   Swanwick, M A ^a   Maconochie, N E S ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMINOMA; TESTIS CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031581574     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)05526-8     Document Type: Article

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