Familial Risk for Esophageal Cancer: An Updated Epidemiologic Study From Sweden

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 840-845

  Ji, Jianguang ^a   Hemminki, Kari ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGENY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 33745597601     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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