The roles of genetic and environmental factors on risk of cervical cancer: A review of classical twin studies

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-86

  Moore, Elya E ^a,b   Wark, John D ^c   Hopper, John L ^c   Erbas, Bircan ^c,d   Garland, Suzanne M ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cervical cancer; classical twin studies; human papillomavirus

Indexed keywords

CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCANDINAVIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; RISK FACTOR; TWINS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS;

ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PUBMED; RISK FACTORS; SCANDINAVIA; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84865582766     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.15.1.79     Document Type: Review

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