Parkinson's disease and cancer

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1081-

  Zanetti, Roberto ^a   Rosso, Stefano ^a   Loria, Dora I ^b  

^a Piedmont Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^b Roffo Institute   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MELANOMA; NOTE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS;

ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 34250858378     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0377     Document Type: Note

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