Perinatal correlates of specific histological types of testicular cancer in patients below 35 years of age: A case-cohort study based on midwives' records in Denmark

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 140-143

  Sabroe, Svend ^a   Olsen, Jørn ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CRYPTORCHISM; DENMARK; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TERATOMA; TESTIS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CRYPTORCHIDISM; DENMARK; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031685252     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19981005)78:2<140::AID-IJC2>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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