Familial cancer risks in offspring from discordant parental cancers

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 12-19

  Vaittinen, Pauli ^a   Hemminki, Kari ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGEN; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER FAMILY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SWEDEN; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; WART VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032977690     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990331)81:1<12::AID-IJC3>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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