K-ras and p53 in pancreatic cancer: Association with medical history, histopathology, and environmental exposures in a population-based study

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1223-1232

  Slebos, Robbert J C ^a   Hoppin, Jane A ^a,c   Tolbert, Paige E ^c   Holly, Elizabeth A ^d   Brock, John W ^e   Zhang, Rebecca H ^c   Bracci, Paige M ^d   Foley, Julie ^b   Stockton, Patricia ^b   McGregor, Laurie M ^a   Flake, Gordon P ^b   Taylor, Jack A ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Emory University ^*

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE INACTIVATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONCOGENE K RAS; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

AGED; CARCINOGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENES, P53; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033729483     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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