## Abstract The aim of this study was to characterize the familial risk of colon and rectal cancer using 2 population‐based registries in Iceland, the Icelandic Cancer Registry and a genealogy database. The standardized incidence ratio (SIR) was used to estimate the risk among relatives of colorect
Do occupational factors influence the risk of colon and rectal cancer in different ways?
✍ Scribed by Gunnar Arbman; Olav Axelson; Mats Fredriksson; Erik Nilsson; Rune Sjödahl
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 557 KB
- Volume
- 72
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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