Genetic and lifestyle influence on telomere length and subsequent risk of colon cancer in a case control study

International Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 184-194

  Pellatt, Andrew J ^a   Wolff, Roger K ^a   Lundgreen, Abbie ^a   Cawthon, Richard ^b   Slattery, Martha L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; MEN1; MRE11A; RECQL5; Telomere length; TERT; TNKS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN1 GENE; MRE11A GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; RECQL5 GENE; RECTUM CANCER; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TERT GENE; TNKS GENE;

EID: 84869126031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19481756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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