Are twins at risk of cancer: Results from the Swedish Family-Cancer Database

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 509-514

  Hemminki, Kari ^a,b   Chen, Bowang ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CHILD; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEURINOMA; NEWBORN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEMINOMA; SKIN CANCER; SOCIOECONOMICS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STANDARDIZATION; SWEDEN; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID TUMOR; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENDOCRINE GLAND NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SEMINOMA; SWEDEN; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 27144508798     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242705774310150     Document Type: Article

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