Social ties and risk for cancer a prospective cohort study

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1010-1018

  Bergelt, Corinna ^a,b   Prescott, Eva ^c   Grønbæk, Morten ^c,d   Koch, Uwe ^b   Johansen, Christoffer ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM CANCER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 70350070902     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860903036230     Document Type: Article

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