Risk of classic Kaposi sarcoma with exposures to plants and soils in Sicily

Infectious Agents and Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Goedert, James J ^a   Calamusa, Giuseppe ^b   Dazzi, Carmelo ^b   Perna, Anna ^b   Pelser, Colleen ^c   Anderson, Lesley A ^d   Madsen, Camille ^a,e   Preiss, Liliana R ^f   Airola, Matt ^g   Graubard, Barry I ^a   Messina, Angelo ^h   Lauria, Carmela ⁱ   Romano, Nino ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^g WESTAT   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

ⁱ Lega Italiana per la Lotta Contro i Tumori Sez Ragusa   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; ITALY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLANT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SMOKING; SOIL; WHEAT;

EID: 78649608634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17509378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1750-9378-5-23     Document Type: Article

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