National database of familial cancer in Sweden

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 225-236

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

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c CNT Novum   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer families; Database; Familial cancer; Genes; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; DATA BASE; FAMILIAL CANCER; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031899585     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1998)15:3<225::AID-GEPI2>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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