Epidemiology of primary CNS neoplasms

Neurologic Clinics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 273-290

  Preston Martin, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; NITROSO DERIVATIVE; NITROSOUREA DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CRANIAL NERVE TUMOR; EPENDYMOMA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029970936     PISSN: 07338619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8619(05)70256-5     Document Type: Article

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