A statistical analysis of computerized pathologic autopsy data in Japan from 1974 through 1993

Pathology International

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 126-146

  Aizawa, Shigeo ^a   Fukushima, Tohru ^b  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

autopsy registry; brain metastasis; database; disease frequency; gastric malignancy; malignant neoplasms; pulmonary malignancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; JAPAN; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 0030948359     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1997.tb03731.x     Document Type: Article

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