Parental consanguinity and risk of breast cancer: A population-based case-control study

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2005, Pages

  Denic, Srdjan ^a   Bener, Abdulbari ^b   Sabri, Sufyan ^a   Khatib, Falah ^c   Milenkovic, Jadranka ^c  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^c TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Arabs; Breast cancer; Case control study; Consanguinity; Inbreeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RISK; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INBREEDING; POPULATION RESEARCH; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 24944434276     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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