Cohorts and consortia conference: A summary report (Banff, Canada, June 17-19, 2009)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 463-468

  Boffetta, Paolo ^a,b   Colditz, Graham A ^c   Potter, John D ^d   Kolonel, Laurence ^e   Robson, Paula J ^f   Malekzadeh, Reza ^g   Seminara, Daniela ^h   Goode, Ellen L ⁱ   Yoo, Keun Young ^j   Demers, Paul ^k   Gallagher, Richard ^l   Prentice, Ross ^d   Yasui, Yutaka ^a   O'Doherty, Kieran ^a   Petersen, Gloria M ⁱ   Ulrich, Cornelia M ^d   Csizmadi, Ilona ^a   Amankwah, Ernest K ^a   Brockton, Nigel T ^a   Kopciuk, Karen ^a   McGregor, S Elizabeth ^a   Kelemen, Linda E ^a   more..

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d USA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^g TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^h NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Health Sciences Research   (United States)

^j Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^l BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

Biobanks; Cancer; Cohort studies; Consortia; Data harmonization; Ethics; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; RESEARCH ETHICS;

CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 79955769334     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-010-9717-0     Document Type: Article

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