RE: Doll and Peto's Quantitative Estimates of Cancer Risks: Holding Generally True for 35 Years

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Song, Mingyang ^a   Giovannucci, Edward L ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY BALANCE; HEREDITY; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; LETTER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVERNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; FEMALE; MALE; NEOPLASMS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84944161845     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djv240     Document Type: Letter

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