Risk of renal cell carcinoma in relation to blood telomere length in a population-based case-control study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1772-1775

  Hofmann, J N ^a   Baccarelli, A ^b   Schwartz, K ^c   Davis, F G ^d   Ruterbusch, J J ^c   Hoxha, M ^e   McCarthy, B J ^d   Savage, S A ^a   Wacholder, S ^a   Rothman, N ^a   Graubard, B I ^a   Colt, J S ^a   Chow, W H ^a   Purdue, M P ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

kidney cancer; renal cell carcinoma; telomere

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TELOMERE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81955164750     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.444     Document Type: Article

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