The epidemiology of carcinoid tumours in England and Scotland

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 939-942

  Newton, J N ^a   Swerdlow, A J ^b   dos Santos Silva, I M ^b   Vessey, M P ^c   Grahame Smith, D G ^c   Primatesta, P ^a   Reynolds, D J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CARCINOID; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; THORAX TUMOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOID TUMOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SCOTLAND; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THORACIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0028042370     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1994.424     Document Type: Article

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