Visual impairment and cancer: A population-based cohort study in Finland

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-20

  Pukkala, Eero ^a   Verkasalo, Pia K ^b   Ojamo, Matti ^c   Rudanko, Sirkka Liisa ^c  

^a FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Blindness; Breast neoplasms; Medical record linkage; Neoplasms; Vision disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; EYE CANCER; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; STOMACH CANCER; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0033010936     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008897317401     Document Type: Article

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