Prior history of allergies and pancreatic cancer in the San Francisco Bay Area

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 432-441

  Holly, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Eberle, Carey A ^c   Bracci, Paige M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy and immunology; Pancreatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

CANCER; IMMUNE RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041509092     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg174     Document Type: Article

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