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Cancer incidence in eastern Adriatic isolates, Croatia: examples from the islands of Krk, Cres, Losinj, Rab and Pag.
Collegium antropologicum - 1 Dec 1999
Rudan I, Campbell H, Ranzani G N, Strnad M, Vorko-Jović A, John V, Kern J, Ivanković D, Stevanović R, Vuckov S, Vuletić S, Rudan P
Abstract excerpt
As an extension of previous research this study investigates the incidence of cancer in five genetic isolate island populations of the Eastern Adriatic, Croatia. Thorough anthropological research over the past three decades has established some of those populations as outstanding examples of genetic isolates. A previous study which found higher cancer incidence in 5 Eastern Adriatic islands than in a control...
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