Translocation t(14;18) in healthy individuals: Preliminary study of its association with family history and agricultural exposure

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Paltiel, O ^a   Zelenetz, A ^b   Sverdlin, I ^a   Gordon, L ^a   Ben Yehuda, D ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; BCL 2; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Pesticides; Translocation t(14; 18)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 14; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 18; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISRAEL; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033993805     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/11.suppl_1.S75     Document Type: Conference Paper

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