Cancer incidence and mortality among the parents of a population-based series of 2604 children with cancer

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 538-544

  Pang, Dong ^a   McNally, Richard ^a   Kelsey, Anna ^b   Birch, Jillian M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SOLID TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038458919     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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