Familial cancer aggregation and the risk of lung cancer

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 38-44

  Wünsch Filho, Victor ^a   Boffetta, Paolo ^a,b   Colin, Didier ^a,b   Moncau, José Eduardo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Case control study; Familial aggregation; Interaction; Lung cancer; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; OCCUPATION; PASSIVE SMOKING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; ADULT; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0037034538     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: 15163180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-31802002000200003     Document Type: Article

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