Predictors of cancer mortality in elderly subjects

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 421-427

  Mazza, A ^a   Casiglia, E ^a,c   Scarpa, R ^b   Tikhonoff, V ^a   Pizziol, A ^a   Sica, E ^a   Pessina, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Chioggia Community Hospital   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Cancer; Elderly; Epidemiology; Mortality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CHOLESTEROL; URIC ACID;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TOBACCO;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; URIC ACID;

EID: 0032991717     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007543725207     Document Type: Article

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