Genital anomalies and risk for testicular cancer in Danish men

Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 14-19

  Prener, Anne ^a   Engholm, Gerda ^a   Jensen, Ole M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cryptorchidism; genital anomalies; histology; risk factors; testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CRYPTORCHISM; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; HYPOSPADIAS; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS CANCER;

EID: 0030064242     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199601000-00004     Document Type: Article

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