Children and young adults with parents with cancer: A population-based study

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-52

  Syse, Astri ^a   Aas, Gjøril B ^a   Loge, Jon H ^b,c  

^a CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Incidence; Neoplasm; Norway; Parental cancer; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEATH; FAMILY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG TUMOR; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MINOR CHILDREN; NEOPLASM; NORWAY; PARENTAL CANCER; PARENTAL DEATH; PATERNAL DEATH; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; SKIN CANCER; TESTIS CANCER; YOUNG ADULT CHILDREN;

EID: 84859469429     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CLEP.S28984     Document Type: Article

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