Risks of testicular cancer and cryptorchidism in relation to socio-economic status and related factors: Case-control studies in Denmark

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 287-293

  Møller, Henrik ^a,b,d   Skakkebæk, Niels Erik ^c  

^a DANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Denmark)

^b Danish Cancer Registry   (Denmark)

^c International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

^d Ctr Res in Hlth and Social Stat   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DENMARK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TESTIS CANCER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRYPTORCHIDISM; DENMARK; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATERNAL AGE; PUBERTY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0029956227     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960503)66:3<287::AID-IJC2>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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