Blood biochemistry and the risk of cancer: Effect of sample pooling

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 667-674

  Hakama, Matti ^a,b   Hakulinen, Timo ^b,c   Kenward, Michael G ^d   Aaran, Ritva Kaarina ^e   Aromaa, Arpo ^f   Knekt, Paul ^f   Nikkari, Tapio ^e   Teppo, Lyly ^a,b   Peto, Richard ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

^f NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; CERULOPLASMIN; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER RISK; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXPOSURE; FINLAND; HYPOTHESIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 9444273516     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860410018566     Document Type: Article

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