Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 419-424 , August 2010

Effect of family history of cancers and environmental factors on risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Guangdong, China

  • Ze-Fang Ren

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, China
    • School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Wen-Sheng Liu

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, China
    • Department of Experimental Research, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Hai-De Qin

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, China
    • Department of Experimental Research, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China
    • ,
  • Ya-Fei Xu

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, China
    • Department of Experimental Research, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China
    • ,
  • Dan-Dan Yu

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, China
    • School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
    • ,
  • Qi-Sheng Feng

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, China
    • Department of Experimental Research, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China
    • ,
  • Li-Zhen Chen

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, China
    • Department of Experimental Research, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China
    • ,
  • Xiao-Ou Shu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center and Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37203-1738, USA
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  • Yi-Xin Zeng

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, China
    • Department of Experimental Research, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China
    • ,
  • Wei-Hua Jia

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, China
    • Department of Experimental Research, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China
    • School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, 651 Dongfeng Road East, Guangzhou 510060, China. Tel.: +86 20 87343195; fax: +86 20 87343392.

,Accepted 14 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2010.04.011

Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 419-424 , August 2010

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