Prenatal and familial associations of testicular cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1987, Pages 571-577

  Swerdlow, A J ^a,c   Huttly, S R A ^b   Smith, P G ^b  

^a Director of Public Health   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Off of Pop Censuses and Surveys   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS CANCER;

ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; DYSGERMINOMA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATERALITY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGE; PATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TERATOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0023237014     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1987.116     Document Type: Article

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