Influence of family size and birth order on risk of cancer: A population-based study

BMC Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bevier, Melanie ^a   Weires, Marianne ^a   Thomsen, Hauke ^a   Sundquist, Jan ^b,c   Hemminki, Kari ^a,b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONNECTIVE TISSUE TUMOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EYE CANCER; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIFESTYLE; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NOSE CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGENY; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK FACTOR; SALIVARY GLAND CANCER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CANCER; SOCIAL STATUS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; AGE; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; REGISTER; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955700756     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-11-163     Document Type: Article

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