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Surname as 'cancer risk' in extreme isolates: example from the island of Lastovo, Croatia.
Collegium antropologicum - 1 Dec 1999
Rudan I, Ranzani G N, Strnad M, Vorko-Jović A, John V, Unusić J, Kern J, Ivanković D, Stevanović R, Vuletić S, Rudan P
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to analyze whether there are surnames which appear more frequently among the ancestors of cancer cases in a small isolate, in comparison to the ancestral surnames of the healthy controls, using the classic case-control design. The chosen setting was the island of Lastovo, Croatia, located more than 100 kilometers from the nearest coastal region. The period of study was 1970-1995, during...
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