Epidemiology of the non-Hodgkin's lymphomas: Distributions of the major subtypes differ by geographic locations

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 717-720

  Anderson, J R ^a   Armitage, J O ^a   Weisenburger, D D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Geography; Histologic subtypes; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL LYMPHOMA; UNITED KINGDOM;

CANADA; ENGLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; SOUTH AFRICA; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031853058     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008265532487     Document Type: Article

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