Esophageal and gastric carcinoma in Norway 1958-1992: Incidence time trend variability according to morphological subtypes and organ subsites

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 340-344

  Hansen, Svein ^a   Wiig, Johan N ^b   Giercksky, Karl E ^b   Tretli, Steinar ^a  

^a CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; NORWAY; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TIME;

EID: 0031006999     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970502)71:3<340::AID-IJC5>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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