Breast cancer risk in monozygotic and dizygotic female twins: A 20-year population-based cohort study in Finland from 1976 to 1995

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 271-274

  Verkasalo, Pia K ^a,b,e   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a,b   Pukkala, Eero ^c   Koskenvuo, Markku ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASES IN TWINS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARITAL STATUS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0032915934     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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