The incidence and epidemiologic characteristics of neuroblastoma in the United States

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 1987, Pages 1063-1074

  Davis, Scott ^a   Rogers, Mary A M ^a   Pendergrass, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuroblastorna; Social class

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEUROBLASTOMA; POPULATION DENSITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGRICULTURE; BLACKS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEUROBLASTOMA; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; WHITES;

EID: 0023608725     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114745     Document Type: Article

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