Familial lung cancer and aggregation of smoking habits: A simulation of the effect of shared environmental factors on the familial risk of cancer

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1738-1740

  Bermejo, Justo Lorenzo ^a   Hemminki, Kari ^a,b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL CANCER; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

EID: 22244485989     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0201     Document Type: Article

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