Epidemiology of squamous cell conjunctival cancer

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 73-77

  Sun, Eric C ^a   Fears, Thomas R ^a   Goedert, James J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CONJUNCTIVA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031016429     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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