Risk of infection-related cancers after the loss of a child: A follow-up study in Sweden

Cancer Research

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 116-122

  Fang, Fang ^a   Fall, Katja ^a,b,c   Sparén, Pär ^a   Adami, Hans Olov ^a,b   Valdimarsdóttir, Heiddis B ^c,d   Lambe, Mats ^a,e   Valdimarsdóttir, Unnur ^a,b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Regional Oncologic Center   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILD LOSS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EYE CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION RELATED CANCER; INFECTION RISK; LARYNX CANCER; LIFE STRESS; LIP CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOUTH CANCER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PARENT; PENIS CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SKIN CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; SWEDEN; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGINA CANCER; VULVA CANCER; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFECTION; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 78651410129     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-10-0470     Document Type: Article

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