Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 92-98 , February 2010

Past Medical History and Pancreatic Cancer Risk: Results From a Multicenter Case-Control Study

  • Patrick Maisonneuve, Eng

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy
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  • Albert B. Lowenfels, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
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  • H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, MD, MPH, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, and Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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  • Parviz Ghadirian, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology Research Unit, Research Centre (CRCHUM), Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Peter A. Baghurst, BAgSc, BSc, MSc, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Human Nutrition, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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  • Witold A. Zatonski, MD, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cancer Control and Epidemiology, Cancer Center-Curie-Sklodowsks Institute, Warszawa, Poland
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  • Anthony B. Miller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Eric J. Duell, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Nutrition, Environment and Cancer, Cancer Epidemiology Research Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
    • International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon Cedex, and France
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  • Paolo Boffetta, PhD

      Affiliations

    • International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon Cedex, and France
    • International Prevention Research Institute, Lyon, France
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  • Peter Boyle, PhD

      Affiliations

    • International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon Cedex, and France
    • International Prevention Research Institute, Lyon, France

Received 24 July 2009 ,Accepted 25 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.11.010

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 92-98 , February 2010

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