Parkinson's disease and cancer: A register-based family study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-94

  Wirdefeldt, Karin ^a   Weibull, Caroline E ^a   Chen, Honglei ^b   Kamel, Freya ^b   Lundholm, Cecilia ^a   Fang, Fang ^a   Ye, Weimin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; cohort studies; hazard ratio; Parkinson's disease; siblings

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCERTAINMENT BIAS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

CANCER; COHORT STUDIES; HAZARD RATIO; PARKINSON'S DISEASE; SIBLINGS;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84891353678     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt232     Document Type: Article

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