Family history of the cancer on the survival of the patients with gastrointestinal cancer in northern Iran, using frailty models.

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Published in BMC Gastroenterol on October 01, 2011

Authors

Mahmoodreza Ghadimi1, Mahmood Mahmoodi, Kazem Mohammad, Hojjat Zeraati, Mahboobeh Rasouli, Mahmood Sheikhfathollahi

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran.

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