Trends in cancer incidence among children in the U.S.

Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 532-541

  Gurney, James G ^a,e   Davis, Scott ^b,c   Severson, Richard K ^a   Fang, Jei Yin ^a   Ross, Julie A ^d   Robison, Leslie L ^d  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood cancer; children; epidemiology; neoplasms; pediatric oncology; trends

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETINOBLASTOMA; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029895153     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19960801)78:3<532::AID-CNCR22>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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