Inbreeding and cancer incidence in human isolates

Human Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-187

  Rudan, Igor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONSANGUINITY; CROATIA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; REGISTER; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONSANGUINITY; CROATIA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033118172     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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