Influence of a family history of cancer within and across multiple sites on patterns of cancer mortality risk for women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 454-462

  Poole, Carol A ^a   Byers, Tim ^a   Calle, Eugenia E ^b   Bondy, Jessica ^a   Fain, Pam ^a   Rodriguez, Carmen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Family characteristics; Genes; Mortality; Neoplasms; Women

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033106182     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009833     Document Type: Article

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