Testicular cancer and Persian Gulf War service

Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 648-653

  Knoke, James D ^a   Gray, Gregory C ^a   Garland, Frank C ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Hospitalization; Military medicine; Persian Gulf War; Selection effect; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; MILITARY MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TESTIS CANCER; WAR;

EID: 0031671433     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199811000-00015     Document Type: Article

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