Familial aggregation of astrocytoma in Northern Sweden: An epidemiological cohort study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 366-370

  Malmer, Beatrice ^a   Grönberg, Henrik ^a   Bergenheim, A Tommy ^b   Lenner, Per ^a   Henriksson, Roger ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE CLUSTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032936058     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990505)81:3<366::AID-IJC9>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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