Age-specific familial risks in common cancers of the offspring

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 172-175

  Hemminki, Kari ^a   Vaittinen, Pauli ^a   Kyyrönen, Pentti ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CANCER; THYROID CANCER; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FAMILY HEALTH; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031714331     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19981005)78:2<172::AID-IJC9>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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