Cigarette smoking as a risk factor for pancreatic cancer in patients with hereditary pancreatitis

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 286, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 169-170

  Lowenfels, Albert B ^a   Maisonneuve, Patrick ^b   Whitcomb, David C ^c   Lerch, Markus M ^d   DiMagno, Eugene P ^e  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLORECTAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOGENE; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034940538     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.286.2.169     Document Type: Article

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